PERSONAL STRUCTURES

Orleans Gallery began with Cayman Clevenger’s vision for a creative laboratory that brings together all walks of New Orleans cultural life to make art accessible to all. This vision is guided by a commitment to artists and is driven by the transformative energy of creative collaboration.

This exhibition, curated for Personal Structures at the Venice Biennale, presents New Orleans as a living cultural space. Situated 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, it examines the ways New Orleans sustains its history through art and celebration, using creative practice as a means of cultural continuity. It is a monument to culture bearers, tradition-keepers, and storytellers who carried the city through renewal.

This collection of the Gallery’s artists was chosen for their unique perspective and mastery of media. It features work by world-renowned, New York Times acclaimed artist, Andrew LaMar Hopkins; New York Times best-selling illustrator and artist, Adam Trest; nationally acclaimed artist, Tony Bernard; Louisiana Contemporary winner, Karen Ocker; world-renowned splatter painter, Joe Mustachia; and celebrated, emerging artists Morgan Gray, Kloé Donley, Michie Cooper, and Jen Morgan.