New location · 311 W. 7th Street, #307
Current Exhibition
between us.
October 23 - December 13
We are thrilled to open a new chapter this fall with the inauguration of our permanent home, a 1926 Beaux-Arts building in Austin’s historic district. Originally built as a Masonic lodge and today also home to creative organizations like the Fall Out Theater, the building is a cultural landmark that embodies Austin’s blend of history and creativity.
'between us' anchors the gallery’s new space with a bold inaugural exhibition. The title reflects both intimacy and dialogue: between two artists, between radically different vocabularies, and between the act of seeing and being seen.
More than a simple pairing, ‘between us’ brings together Ditte Sørensen and Via Boley in their own moment. Sørensen enters the exhibition on a steep upward trajectory — a waiting list for originals, international galleries, and the BAA Best Art Awards 2025, First Prize in Textile Art. Boley is at the cusp of her rise: a recent Frick Arts Foundation award recipient, her fractured, reflective canvases already command attention as one of Austin’s strongest emerging voices. 'between us' situates their practices in conversation, highlighting how different vocabularies can meet to sharpen perception and invite dialogue about how women are perceived and how materials disrupt that perception.
Sørensen’s tactile collages and Boley’s fractured reflections meet in contrast: immediate versus contemplative, playful versus psychological. Their works do not resolve into one voice but instead sharpen each other, underscoring the power of difference as a catalyst for resonance.
Ditte Sørensen
Known as Madstitch, Sørensen has emerged as one of Denmark’s most exciting contemporary voices. Her stitched, layered, and unapologetically experimental works merge fabric, paper, and unexpected materials into tactile compositions that pull the viewer in through emotion and energy.
For Austin, she presents a new body of work that merges different universes: collages incorporating fragments from three old books — a cowboy book, a vintage queer novel, and a conversation lexicon. These cut-outs provide the hidden narratives of each piece, inviting viewers to look past the surface and discover stories embedded in the material itself. Her practice balances fragility and strength, chaos and order — uncompromising and experimental, yet always grounded in feeling.
Via Boley
Austin-based painter Via Boley is an emerging voice whose bold materiality and psychological depth command attention. Her practice combines reflective materials with traditional painting to explore how surfaces can carry emotion beyond mere appearance. Figures and objects in her work appear fractured, displaced, and abstracted — caught between visibility and distortion.
Through these reflective, layered compositions, Boley creates painted spaces that feel at once surreal, familiar, and moving, pulling the viewer into an active confrontation with the act of looking.
'I am inspired by how mirror-like surfaces can convey emotion rather than a superficial image. My work isn’t about reflection as appearance, but as a way to create spaces that feel surreal, familiar, and moving.'
Event Program Highlights:
• Nov 12 · Grand Opening: Ribbon Cutting with West Austin Chamber of Commerce, 5 PM
• Dec 13 · Closing Reception, 5–7 PM
Capsule Exhibition
artist in focus: erik neimeijer
November 13 - December 13
acrylic on canvas framed, 31.5" x 31.5"
acrylic on canvas framed, 31.5" x 31.5"
acrylic on canvas framed, 39.5" x 39.5"
acrylic on canvas framed, 31.5" x 31.5"
Unchained.Art Contemporary Gallery continues its inaugural season with a new capsule exhibition format designed to spotlight singular artistic voices alongside and in dialogue with the gallery’s main program. Following a short pilot earlier this year, the concept now takes full form with Artist in Focus: Erik Neimeijer, a vibrant four-week presentation running November 13 – December 13.
A Celebration of Rhythm, Color, and Creative Drive
Erik Neimeijer is a Dutch musician and painter whose medium-to-large-scale, high-color canvases pulse with rhythm and life. His world is populated by gamblers, bulls, lovers, musicians, and tropical dreamers — all rendered in a loose yet unmistakable style that he describes as “somewhere between Walt Disney and Diego Rivera.” A self-taught force of energy, Neimeijer channels the same drive that fuels his rock-and-roll career into painting. A guitarist and singer for the Dutch band Bökkers, in 2017 he had his first art exhibition and since then has painted and exhibited at an incredible pace. Neimeijer has since exhibited at the Herman Brood Museum in the Netherlands, DAC Concepts Gallery in Greece, Red Dot Miami, and at galleries in Paris, London, Madrid, and New York. His practice unfolds at the same unstoppable pace as his music — joyful, unapologetic, and deeply human.
“I paint like I play,” Neimeijer says. “Fast, loud, and with love. My paintings are about the things that make life worth living — the chaos, the color, and the beat that keeps it all going.”
Neimeijer transforms Unchained.Art’s downtown gallery into a stage of saturated emotion and narrative play. These works are not portraits or scenes so much as songs — painted compositions vibrating with sound and motion. They capture the thrill of imperfection, the freedom of gesture, and the shared pulse between artist and audience. Running concurrently with the gallery’s main exhibition, this capsule marks the full launch of Unchained.Art’s new programming: compact, high-energy showcases that offer intimate encounters with artists whose practices defy convention while staying accessible and authentic.
Program Highlights
– Nov 12 · Ribbon Cutting with West Austin Chamber of Commerce – Live music by Erik Neimeijer
– Nov 13 · Opening Reception with Music · 5–8 PM
– Nov 15–16 · Austin Studio Tour Stop · 12–6 PM
– Nov 19 · Artist Talk & Music · 5–7 PM
– Dec 13 · Closing Reception · 5–7 PM