SIMULTANEOCITY
DETROIT STOCKHOLM | Artist-Run Collective Gallery & Studios
Roslagsgatan 21, 11355 Stockholm, Sweden
Exhibition: October 15 – 23, 2026
OPENING OCTOBER 15, 2026 at 5pm
ARTIST TALK OCTOBER 17, 2026 at 1pm
OPEN HOURS: Wednesday 10/21, Thursday 10/22 and Friday 10/23 from Noon – 4pm each day
SIMULTANEOCITY is a (non)word I’m using to signify the current state of things. It sums up the feeling many of us have as we navigate the layered multitudes of contemporary life. As an artist practicing in the US, the uptick in complexity over the past 8 or so years has been visceral. Layers of difficulty that once posed a fun challenge now feel oppressive. There doesn’t seem to be any separation between tasks anymore – it is all wars and politics on top of traffic on top of rushing to make ends meet on top of struggling to make time to make art with a large dose of uncertainty, whether in regard to the rapid rise of AI or the myriad details needing attention daily. The world is getting faster and busier, but it is not getting any clearer, any easier, and it is certainly not getting any calmer. It feels denser, and that feeling of density is longing for some breathing room.
This zeitgeist began seeping into my work just as I began using paper about a year ago (so I could transport the work to Stockholm). I found myself working additively and abandoning my preferred minimalism. The pieces became layered collages with a long list of materials – mattboard, drawings, prints, ink on Yupo paper, coffee filters, book pages, paint, photographs, charcoal, pencil, graphite, walnut ink, thread, crayon, encaustic, micron pen, linen-paper, India ink, Silverpoint. Despite the long list, each piece strives for balance. Receded areas do not disappear completely so-as to keep the complexity; my attempt at both acknowledging and blatantly disregarding that which is hectic, overwhelming and chaotic.
I will be configuring these smallish works in groupings as wall installations. Individually, I think of them as dense nuggets I’ve tried to reconcile. Once in Sweden, I plan on utilizing the negative space of the walls to provide some air; to soothe what is agitated, to loosen that which is tight or dense. Each wall will become a mosaic of multitudes. Using steel pins to attach both the collages and 3D elements, the layout of each wall will happen in real time during the install – my attempt at organizing the layered multitudes.
-Stephanie Hargrave
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LIVING OFFBEAT!
DOMICILE GALLERY
4116 E Madison St, Seattle, WA 98112
Fall Group Show: Friday, October 23 – Saturday, December 5, 2026
Artists’ Reception: Friday, October 23, 6–8 PM
SHIFT GALLERY WINDOW
November Featured Artist – Courtesy of Cynthia Hibbard – S. Washington Street, Seattle
BEARING WITNESS
Center for Story & Witness
A CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION & AUCTION – NOVEMBER 2026, CHICAGO
At Center for Story & Witness (formerly The Voices and Faces Project) our mission is to cultivate and share stories that bear witness to gender-based violence and other social injustices in order to change minds, hearts, and public policy.
MEDULLA 3, Acrylic on Yupo Paper, 15 x 18 in.
Stephanie Hargrave’s work is about biology – the science of life in its many forms, especially with reference to origin, growth, reproduction, structure, and behavior. She is at heart a discoverist whose artistic process is active, not static, continually shaped and refined by knowledge. In Medulla 3 – a piece that takes its name from the soft inner core or marrow-like center of a biological structure – Hargrave turns her attention to the depths, mysteries, and essential unknowableness of the intimate female form. There is something landscape-like about Hargrave’s view from above; body as river, respite, cavern, calm.
HONEY I SHRUNK THE ART!
MATZKE FINE ART GALLERY AND SCULPTURE PARK
2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island, WA.
Small Works Exhibit December 5, 2026 – January 24, 2027
Opening Dec. 5th, 5 -7:30… Potluck, BYOB
TORNADA 1 & 2, Acrylic, Charcoal, Pencil on Cradled Panels, 5 x 5 x 1.5 in. each
Salon Machine Artist Archive Video:
Online Magazine Feature: THE NEW YORK OPTIMIST
