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Thank you so much Nicky Ni for the poignant feature in Impulse Magazine

As someone who deeply understands the importance of time-based media, Nicky extends a concise and perceptive reflection on josh brainin’s solo exhibition, 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, curated by Youssef Boucetta. Read the article linked in our bio. We are especially grateful to be captured and in conversation with her. Read the article linked in our bio 🔗

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 will be on view until June 6. This week, the gallery will be open Thursday 5/21 from 1-5PM, but closed Friday 5/22 - Saturday 5/23

We will be hosting a coinciding screening program on May 29 and June 6th, details coming soon 💌

Thank you so much Nicky Ni for the poignant feature in Impulse Magazine

As someone who deeply understands the importance of time-based media, Nicky extends a concise and perceptive reflection on josh brainin’s solo exhibition, 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, curated by Youssef Boucetta. Read the article linked in our bio. We are especially grateful to be captured and in conversation with her. Read the article linked in our bio 🔗

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 will be on view until June 6. This week, the gallery will be open Thursday 5/21 from 1-5PM, but closed Friday 5/22 - Saturday 5/23

We will be hosting a coinciding screening program on May 29 and June 6th, details coming soon 💌

Thank you so much Nicky Ni for the poignant feature in Impulse Magazine

As someone who deeply understands the importance of time-based media, Nicky extends a concise and perceptive reflection on josh brainin’s solo exhibition, 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, curated by Youssef Boucetta. Read the article linked in our bio. We are especially grateful to be captured and in conversation with her. Read the article linked in our bio 🔗

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 will be on view until June 6. This week, the gallery will be open Thursday 5/21 from 1-5PM, but closed Friday 5/22 - Saturday 5/23

We will be hosting a coinciding screening program on May 29 and June 6th, details coming soon 💌

Thank you so much Nicky Ni for the poignant feature in Impulse Magazine

As someone who deeply understands the importance of time-based media, Nicky extends a concise and perceptive reflection on josh brainin’s solo exhibition, 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, curated by Youssef Boucetta. Read the article linked in our bio. We are especially grateful to be captured and in conversation with her. Read the article linked in our bio 🔗

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 will be on view until June 6. This week, the gallery will be open Thursday 5/21 from 1-5PM, but closed Friday 5/22 - Saturday 5/23

We will be hosting a coinciding screening program on May 29 and June 6th, details coming soon 💌

josh brainin prints, now avaiable online 💻

To accompany his solo exhibition 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, brainin has produced an additional 7 digital collages from his larger body of work, in a limited-edition run of 10 prints each (70 total).

To contextualize and document the prints, brainin staged stylized vignettes slipping between house party, hangout, and intimate encounter. At times echoing the wandering, technicolor drift of youth in Millennium Mambo (2001), he was inspired by the dreamy, slightly grit-edged, melancholic register reminiscent of coming-of-age cinema. Working with blown-out color, inversion, and dense layering, josh draws from the debris of the internet to create his prints - using desktop wallpapers, pirated film stills, memes, and the afterlives of child stardom as emotional residue made visual. Extending his experiments into digital culture and imaging, these prints frame the screen as this generation’s primary site of self-becoming.

The prints are avaiable for purchase during the run time of the exhibition.

All prints are 11x17, inkjet on cotton rag

•Free gallery pick up
•Shipping avaiable (specify on check out)

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is curated by Youssef Boucetta and will be on view until June 6. Always open by appointment. The gallery will be open this week Thursday 5/21 from 1-5PM, but closed Friday 5/22 - Saturday 5/23

Artistic Director: Matt Metcalf
Photography: Iman Malik
Models: Sharmain Siddiqui
Gabrielle Mara, Uzi Mara, Matthew Metcalf, Brandon Perez, Antonio Robles Levine, Gino Vanden Brook, Sharmain Siddiqui, Francine Almeda, Brianna Cunanan, Adam McDowell 

Documentation: Steven Piper

josh brainin prints, now avaiable online 💻

To accompany his solo exhibition 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, brainin has produced an additional 7 digital collages from his larger body of work, in a limited-edition run of 10 prints each (70 total).

To contextualize and document the prints, brainin staged stylized vignettes slipping between house party, hangout, and intimate encounter. At times echoing the wandering, technicolor drift of youth in Millennium Mambo (2001), he was inspired by the dreamy, slightly grit-edged, melancholic register reminiscent of coming-of-age cinema. Working with blown-out color, inversion, and dense layering, josh draws from the debris of the internet to create his prints - using desktop wallpapers, pirated film stills, memes, and the afterlives of child stardom as emotional residue made visual. Extending his experiments into digital culture and imaging, these prints frame the screen as this generation’s primary site of self-becoming.

The prints are avaiable for purchase during the run time of the exhibition.

All prints are 11x17, inkjet on cotton rag

•Free gallery pick up
•Shipping avaiable (specify on check out)

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is curated by Youssef Boucetta and will be on view until June 6. Always open by appointment. The gallery will be open this week Thursday 5/21 from 1-5PM, but closed Friday 5/22 - Saturday 5/23

Artistic Director: Matt Metcalf
Photography: Iman Malik
Models: Sharmain Siddiqui
Gabrielle Mara, Uzi Mara, Matthew Metcalf, Brandon Perez, Antonio Robles Levine, Gino Vanden Brook, Sharmain Siddiqui, Francine Almeda, Brianna Cunanan, Adam McDowell 

Documentation: Steven Piper

photography by @esegagoh8

photography by @esegagoh8

photography by @esegagoh8

photography by @esegagoh8

photography by @esegagoh8

photography by @esegagoh8

josh brainin
𝘌𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 2026

dall-e 1.0 image generator, notes app screenshot, oiled walnut plywood, dye sublimation print on aluminum dibond
18” x 15”

The gallery will be open this week Thursday - Saturday, 1-6PM. Next week we will be open Thursday 5/21, but closed Friday 5/22 - Saturday 5/23

Accompanying exhibition screening program to be announced shortly. Stay tuned, more details coming soon!

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is curated by Youssef Boucetta and will be on view until June 6. Always open by appointment.

@joshbrainin
@youssef.boucetta

📸 @robertchaseheishman

josh brainin
𝘌𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 2026

dall-e 1.0 image generator, notes app screenshot, oiled walnut plywood, dye sublimation print on aluminum dibond
18” x 15”

The gallery will be open this week Thursday - Saturday, 1-6PM. Next week we will be open Thursday 5/21, but closed Friday 5/22 - Saturday 5/23

Accompanying exhibition screening program to be announced shortly. Stay tuned, more details coming soon!

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is curated by Youssef Boucetta and will be on view until June 6. Always open by appointment.

@joshbrainin
@youssef.boucetta

📸 @robertchaseheishman

josh brainin
𝘌𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 2026

dall-e 1.0 image generator, notes app screenshot, oiled walnut plywood, dye sublimation print on aluminum dibond
18” x 15”

The gallery will be open this week Thursday - Saturday, 1-6PM. Next week we will be open Thursday 5/21, but closed Friday 5/22 - Saturday 5/23

Accompanying exhibition screening program to be announced shortly. Stay tuned, more details coming soon!

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is curated by Youssef Boucetta and will be on view until June 6. Always open by appointment.

@joshbrainin
@youssef.boucetta

📸 @robertchaseheishman

josh brainin
𝘌𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 2026

dall-e 1.0 image generator, notes app screenshot, oiled walnut plywood, dye sublimation print on aluminum dibond
18” x 15”

The gallery will be open this week Thursday - Saturday, 1-6PM. Next week we will be open Thursday 5/21, but closed Friday 5/22 - Saturday 5/23

Accompanying exhibition screening program to be announced shortly. Stay tuned, more details coming soon!

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is curated by Youssef Boucetta and will be on view until June 6. Always open by appointment.

@joshbrainin
@youssef.boucetta

📸 @robertchaseheishman

josh brainin
𝘌𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 2026

dall-e 1.0 image generator, notes app screenshot, oiled walnut plywood, dye sublimation print on aluminum dibond
18” x 15”

The gallery will be open this week Thursday - Saturday, 1-6PM. Next week we will be open Thursday 5/21, but closed Friday 5/22 - Saturday 5/23

Accompanying exhibition screening program to be announced shortly. Stay tuned, more details coming soon!

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is curated by Youssef Boucetta and will be on view until June 6. Always open by appointment.

@joshbrainin
@youssef.boucetta

📸 @robertchaseheishman

Full exhibition documentation of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 and exhibition text written by Youssef Boucetta (@youssef.boucetta) is now online 🔗 link in bio

“At the center of the exhibition is 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026), a two-channel CRT installation composed of stacked televisions facing opposite directions (referencing a retrofuturist version of Janus, the Greek god of transitions, passageways and time). Filmed with an iPhone in brainin’s childhood bathroom, the artist recites a fractured mantra “I am a Black man, I am a White man, Am I doing it right?” echoing the visceral malaise of Bruce Nauman’s installation, 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 (1987). Evoking Adrian Piper’s investigations into racial ambiguity and the complexities of blackness, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026) shows racial and gender identity as a recursive performance caught between self-affirmation and external validation. The installation’s curtains function as a skin, attempting to contain a scattered, multidirectional cry while allowing only faint traces of its sonic residue to pass through. They establish a quarantined processing zone - an interior space where identity is rehearsed, fractured, and reassembled. Like any skin, however, the membrane remains permeable, allowing materials, sounds, and gaze to cross its threshold in both directions.”

josh brainin
𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥², 2026
PVC curtains, 2 TV monitors, wood, steel ring, steel cable system,
2-channel video, color
76” x 90”

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is open during gallery hours Thursday - Saturday, 1-6PM

Documentation by @bob.mov

Full exhibition documentation of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 and exhibition text written by Youssef Boucetta (@youssef.boucetta) is now online 🔗 link in bio

“At the center of the exhibition is 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026), a two-channel CRT installation composed of stacked televisions facing opposite directions (referencing a retrofuturist version of Janus, the Greek god of transitions, passageways and time). Filmed with an iPhone in brainin’s childhood bathroom, the artist recites a fractured mantra “I am a Black man, I am a White man, Am I doing it right?” echoing the visceral malaise of Bruce Nauman’s installation, 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 (1987). Evoking Adrian Piper’s investigations into racial ambiguity and the complexities of blackness, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026) shows racial and gender identity as a recursive performance caught between self-affirmation and external validation. The installation’s curtains function as a skin, attempting to contain a scattered, multidirectional cry while allowing only faint traces of its sonic residue to pass through. They establish a quarantined processing zone - an interior space where identity is rehearsed, fractured, and reassembled. Like any skin, however, the membrane remains permeable, allowing materials, sounds, and gaze to cross its threshold in both directions.”

josh brainin
𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥², 2026
PVC curtains, 2 TV monitors, wood, steel ring, steel cable system,
2-channel video, color
76” x 90”

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is open during gallery hours Thursday - Saturday, 1-6PM

Documentation by @bob.mov

Full exhibition documentation of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 and exhibition text written by Youssef Boucetta (@youssef.boucetta) is now online 🔗 link in bio

“At the center of the exhibition is 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026), a two-channel CRT installation composed of stacked televisions facing opposite directions (referencing a retrofuturist version of Janus, the Greek god of transitions, passageways and time). Filmed with an iPhone in brainin’s childhood bathroom, the artist recites a fractured mantra “I am a Black man, I am a White man, Am I doing it right?” echoing the visceral malaise of Bruce Nauman’s installation, 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 (1987). Evoking Adrian Piper’s investigations into racial ambiguity and the complexities of blackness, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026) shows racial and gender identity as a recursive performance caught between self-affirmation and external validation. The installation’s curtains function as a skin, attempting to contain a scattered, multidirectional cry while allowing only faint traces of its sonic residue to pass through. They establish a quarantined processing zone - an interior space where identity is rehearsed, fractured, and reassembled. Like any skin, however, the membrane remains permeable, allowing materials, sounds, and gaze to cross its threshold in both directions.”

josh brainin
𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥², 2026
PVC curtains, 2 TV monitors, wood, steel ring, steel cable system,
2-channel video, color
76” x 90”

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is open during gallery hours Thursday - Saturday, 1-6PM

Documentation by @bob.mov

Full exhibition documentation of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 and exhibition text written by Youssef Boucetta (@youssef.boucetta) is now online 🔗 link in bio

“At the center of the exhibition is 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026), a two-channel CRT installation composed of stacked televisions facing opposite directions (referencing a retrofuturist version of Janus, the Greek god of transitions, passageways and time). Filmed with an iPhone in brainin’s childhood bathroom, the artist recites a fractured mantra “I am a Black man, I am a White man, Am I doing it right?” echoing the visceral malaise of Bruce Nauman’s installation, 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 (1987). Evoking Adrian Piper’s investigations into racial ambiguity and the complexities of blackness, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026) shows racial and gender identity as a recursive performance caught between self-affirmation and external validation. The installation’s curtains function as a skin, attempting to contain a scattered, multidirectional cry while allowing only faint traces of its sonic residue to pass through. They establish a quarantined processing zone - an interior space where identity is rehearsed, fractured, and reassembled. Like any skin, however, the membrane remains permeable, allowing materials, sounds, and gaze to cross its threshold in both directions.”

josh brainin
𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥², 2026
PVC curtains, 2 TV monitors, wood, steel ring, steel cable system,
2-channel video, color
76” x 90”

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is open during gallery hours Thursday - Saturday, 1-6PM

Documentation by @bob.mov

Full exhibition documentation of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 and exhibition text written by Youssef Boucetta (@youssef.boucetta) is now online 🔗 link in bio

“At the center of the exhibition is 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026), a two-channel CRT installation composed of stacked televisions facing opposite directions (referencing a retrofuturist version of Janus, the Greek god of transitions, passageways and time). Filmed with an iPhone in brainin’s childhood bathroom, the artist recites a fractured mantra “I am a Black man, I am a White man, Am I doing it right?” echoing the visceral malaise of Bruce Nauman’s installation, 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 (1987). Evoking Adrian Piper’s investigations into racial ambiguity and the complexities of blackness, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026) shows racial and gender identity as a recursive performance caught between self-affirmation and external validation. The installation’s curtains function as a skin, attempting to contain a scattered, multidirectional cry while allowing only faint traces of its sonic residue to pass through. They establish a quarantined processing zone - an interior space where identity is rehearsed, fractured, and reassembled. Like any skin, however, the membrane remains permeable, allowing materials, sounds, and gaze to cross its threshold in both directions.”

josh brainin
𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥², 2026
PVC curtains, 2 TV monitors, wood, steel ring, steel cable system,
2-channel video, color
76” x 90”

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is open during gallery hours Thursday - Saturday, 1-6PM

Documentation by @bob.mov

Full exhibition documentation of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 and exhibition text written by Youssef Boucetta (@youssef.boucetta) is now online 🔗 link in bio

“At the center of the exhibition is 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026), a two-channel CRT installation composed of stacked televisions facing opposite directions (referencing a retrofuturist version of Janus, the Greek god of transitions, passageways and time). Filmed with an iPhone in brainin’s childhood bathroom, the artist recites a fractured mantra “I am a Black man, I am a White man, Am I doing it right?” echoing the visceral malaise of Bruce Nauman’s installation, 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 (1987). Evoking Adrian Piper’s investigations into racial ambiguity and the complexities of blackness, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026) shows racial and gender identity as a recursive performance caught between self-affirmation and external validation. The installation’s curtains function as a skin, attempting to contain a scattered, multidirectional cry while allowing only faint traces of its sonic residue to pass through. They establish a quarantined processing zone - an interior space where identity is rehearsed, fractured, and reassembled. Like any skin, however, the membrane remains permeable, allowing materials, sounds, and gaze to cross its threshold in both directions.”

josh brainin
𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥², 2026
PVC curtains, 2 TV monitors, wood, steel ring, steel cable system,
2-channel video, color
76” x 90”

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is open during gallery hours Thursday - Saturday, 1-6PM

Documentation by @bob.mov

Full exhibition documentation of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 and exhibition text written by Youssef Boucetta (@youssef.boucetta) is now online 🔗 link in bio

“At the center of the exhibition is 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026), a two-channel CRT installation composed of stacked televisions facing opposite directions (referencing a retrofuturist version of Janus, the Greek god of transitions, passageways and time). Filmed with an iPhone in brainin’s childhood bathroom, the artist recites a fractured mantra “I am a Black man, I am a White man, Am I doing it right?” echoing the visceral malaise of Bruce Nauman’s installation, 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 (1987). Evoking Adrian Piper’s investigations into racial ambiguity and the complexities of blackness, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026) shows racial and gender identity as a recursive performance caught between self-affirmation and external validation. The installation’s curtains function as a skin, attempting to contain a scattered, multidirectional cry while allowing only faint traces of its sonic residue to pass through. They establish a quarantined processing zone - an interior space where identity is rehearsed, fractured, and reassembled. Like any skin, however, the membrane remains permeable, allowing materials, sounds, and gaze to cross its threshold in both directions.”

josh brainin
𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥², 2026
PVC curtains, 2 TV monitors, wood, steel ring, steel cable system,
2-channel video, color
76” x 90”

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is open during gallery hours Thursday - Saturday, 1-6PM

Documentation by @bob.mov

Full exhibition documentation of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 and exhibition text written by Youssef Boucetta (@youssef.boucetta) is now online 🔗 link in bio

“At the center of the exhibition is 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026), a two-channel CRT installation composed of stacked televisions facing opposite directions (referencing a retrofuturist version of Janus, the Greek god of transitions, passageways and time). Filmed with an iPhone in brainin’s childhood bathroom, the artist recites a fractured mantra “I am a Black man, I am a White man, Am I doing it right?” echoing the visceral malaise of Bruce Nauman’s installation, 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 (1987). Evoking Adrian Piper’s investigations into racial ambiguity and the complexities of blackness, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026) shows racial and gender identity as a recursive performance caught between self-affirmation and external validation. The installation’s curtains function as a skin, attempting to contain a scattered, multidirectional cry while allowing only faint traces of its sonic residue to pass through. They establish a quarantined processing zone - an interior space where identity is rehearsed, fractured, and reassembled. Like any skin, however, the membrane remains permeable, allowing materials, sounds, and gaze to cross its threshold in both directions.”

josh brainin
𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥², 2026
PVC curtains, 2 TV monitors, wood, steel ring, steel cable system,
2-channel video, color
76” x 90”

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is open during gallery hours Thursday - Saturday, 1-6PM

Documentation by @bob.mov

Full exhibition documentation of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 and exhibition text written by Youssef Boucetta (@youssef.boucetta) is now online 🔗 link in bio

“At the center of the exhibition is 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026), a two-channel CRT installation composed of stacked televisions facing opposite directions (referencing a retrofuturist version of Janus, the Greek god of transitions, passageways and time). Filmed with an iPhone in brainin’s childhood bathroom, the artist recites a fractured mantra “I am a Black man, I am a White man, Am I doing it right?” echoing the visceral malaise of Bruce Nauman’s installation, 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 (1987). Evoking Adrian Piper’s investigations into racial ambiguity and the complexities of blackness, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026) shows racial and gender identity as a recursive performance caught between self-affirmation and external validation. The installation’s curtains function as a skin, attempting to contain a scattered, multidirectional cry while allowing only faint traces of its sonic residue to pass through. They establish a quarantined processing zone - an interior space where identity is rehearsed, fractured, and reassembled. Like any skin, however, the membrane remains permeable, allowing materials, sounds, and gaze to cross its threshold in both directions.”

josh brainin
𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥², 2026
PVC curtains, 2 TV monitors, wood, steel ring, steel cable system,
2-channel video, color
76” x 90”

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is open during gallery hours Thursday - Saturday, 1-6PM

Documentation by @bob.mov

Full exhibition documentation of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 and exhibition text written by Youssef Boucetta (@youssef.boucetta) is now online 🔗 link in bio

“At the center of the exhibition is 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026), a two-channel CRT installation composed of stacked televisions facing opposite directions (referencing a retrofuturist version of Janus, the Greek god of transitions, passageways and time). Filmed with an iPhone in brainin’s childhood bathroom, the artist recites a fractured mantra “I am a Black man, I am a White man, Am I doing it right?” echoing the visceral malaise of Bruce Nauman’s installation, 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 (1987). Evoking Adrian Piper’s investigations into racial ambiguity and the complexities of blackness, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² (2026) shows racial and gender identity as a recursive performance caught between self-affirmation and external validation. The installation’s curtains function as a skin, attempting to contain a scattered, multidirectional cry while allowing only faint traces of its sonic residue to pass through. They establish a quarantined processing zone - an interior space where identity is rehearsed, fractured, and reassembled. Like any skin, however, the membrane remains permeable, allowing materials, sounds, and gaze to cross its threshold in both directions.”

josh brainin
𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥², 2026
PVC curtains, 2 TV monitors, wood, steel ring, steel cable system,
2-channel video, color
76” x 90”

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is open during gallery hours Thursday - Saturday, 1-6PM

Documentation by @bob.mov

josh brainin

𝘕𝘰 𝘛𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, 2026
dall-e 1.0 image generator, notes app screenshot, oiled walnut plywood, dye sublimation print on aluminum dibond
18” x 15”

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is on view until June 6, during open hours, Thurs - Sat 1-6PM and always by appointment

📸 @robertchaseheishman

josh brainin

𝘕𝘰 𝘛𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, 2026
dall-e 1.0 image generator, notes app screenshot, oiled walnut plywood, dye sublimation print on aluminum dibond
18” x 15”

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is on view until June 6, during open hours, Thurs - Sat 1-6PM and always by appointment

📸 @robertchaseheishman

josh brainin

𝘕𝘰 𝘛𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, 2026
dall-e 1.0 image generator, notes app screenshot, oiled walnut plywood, dye sublimation print on aluminum dibond
18” x 15”

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is on view until June 6, during open hours, Thurs - Sat 1-6PM and always by appointment

📸 @robertchaseheishman

josh brainin

𝘕𝘰 𝘛𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, 2026
dall-e 1.0 image generator, notes app screenshot, oiled walnut plywood, dye sublimation print on aluminum dibond
18” x 15”

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is on view until June 6, during open hours, Thurs - Sat 1-6PM and always by appointment

📸 @robertchaseheishman

josh brainin

𝘕𝘰 𝘛𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, 2026
dall-e 1.0 image generator, notes app screenshot, oiled walnut plywood, dye sublimation print on aluminum dibond
18” x 15”

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is on view until June 6, during open hours, Thurs - Sat 1-6PM and always by appointment

📸 @robertchaseheishman

josh brainin

𝘕𝘰 𝘛𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, 2026
dall-e 1.0 image generator, notes app screenshot, oiled walnut plywood, dye sublimation print on aluminum dibond
18” x 15”

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is on view until June 6, during open hours, Thurs - Sat 1-6PM and always by appointment

📸 @robertchaseheishman

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to the opening of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 by josh brainin, curated by Youssef Boucetta

This evening celebrated both the opening of josh brainin’s debut solo exhibition and Tala’s second birthday - we are so grateful to our friends, collaborators, and families for the endless support in making these culminating moments possible; we are gifted with the reminder that, especially now, showing up for each other is all the more imperative.

And thank you @hypeart for the continued attention to 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, recently featured in their ‘Must See Shows During EXPO Chicago 2026.’ We are also eternally grateful to @dreamcaketestkitchen creating our ever special annual Tala birthday cake, this year inspired by a photo of the stars in the Philippines night sky taken from Bagac Beach, Bataan.

Visit the gallery during open hours, Thursday - Saturday 1-6PM and always open by appointment (by DM or e-mail info@talachicago.com)

On view until June 6, 2026

Photography: @prezpipe
Wine: @heyawines @creamwine

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to the opening of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 by josh brainin, curated by Youssef Boucetta

This evening celebrated both the opening of josh brainin’s debut solo exhibition and Tala’s second birthday - we are so grateful to our friends, collaborators, and families for the endless support in making these culminating moments possible; we are gifted with the reminder that, especially now, showing up for each other is all the more imperative.

And thank you @hypeart for the continued attention to 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, recently featured in their ‘Must See Shows During EXPO Chicago 2026.’ We are also eternally grateful to @dreamcaketestkitchen creating our ever special annual Tala birthday cake, this year inspired by a photo of the stars in the Philippines night sky taken from Bagac Beach, Bataan.

Visit the gallery during open hours, Thursday - Saturday 1-6PM and always open by appointment (by DM or e-mail info@talachicago.com)

On view until June 6, 2026

Photography: @prezpipe
Wine: @heyawines @creamwine

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to the opening of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 by josh brainin, curated by Youssef Boucetta

This evening celebrated both the opening of josh brainin’s debut solo exhibition and Tala’s second birthday - we are so grateful to our friends, collaborators, and families for the endless support in making these culminating moments possible; we are gifted with the reminder that, especially now, showing up for each other is all the more imperative.

And thank you @hypeart for the continued attention to 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, recently featured in their ‘Must See Shows During EXPO Chicago 2026.’ We are also eternally grateful to @dreamcaketestkitchen creating our ever special annual Tala birthday cake, this year inspired by a photo of the stars in the Philippines night sky taken from Bagac Beach, Bataan.

Visit the gallery during open hours, Thursday - Saturday 1-6PM and always open by appointment (by DM or e-mail info@talachicago.com)

On view until June 6, 2026

Photography: @prezpipe
Wine: @heyawines @creamwine

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to the opening of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 by josh brainin, curated by Youssef Boucetta

This evening celebrated both the opening of josh brainin’s debut solo exhibition and Tala’s second birthday - we are so grateful to our friends, collaborators, and families for the endless support in making these culminating moments possible; we are gifted with the reminder that, especially now, showing up for each other is all the more imperative.

And thank you @hypeart for the continued attention to 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, recently featured in their ‘Must See Shows During EXPO Chicago 2026.’ We are also eternally grateful to @dreamcaketestkitchen creating our ever special annual Tala birthday cake, this year inspired by a photo of the stars in the Philippines night sky taken from Bagac Beach, Bataan.

Visit the gallery during open hours, Thursday - Saturday 1-6PM and always open by appointment (by DM or e-mail info@talachicago.com)

On view until June 6, 2026

Photography: @prezpipe
Wine: @heyawines @creamwine

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to the opening of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 by josh brainin, curated by Youssef Boucetta

This evening celebrated both the opening of josh brainin’s debut solo exhibition and Tala’s second birthday - we are so grateful to our friends, collaborators, and families for the endless support in making these culminating moments possible; we are gifted with the reminder that, especially now, showing up for each other is all the more imperative.

And thank you @hypeart for the continued attention to 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, recently featured in their ‘Must See Shows During EXPO Chicago 2026.’ We are also eternally grateful to @dreamcaketestkitchen creating our ever special annual Tala birthday cake, this year inspired by a photo of the stars in the Philippines night sky taken from Bagac Beach, Bataan.

Visit the gallery during open hours, Thursday - Saturday 1-6PM and always open by appointment (by DM or e-mail info@talachicago.com)

On view until June 6, 2026

Photography: @prezpipe
Wine: @heyawines @creamwine

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to the opening of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 by josh brainin, curated by Youssef Boucetta

This evening celebrated both the opening of josh brainin’s debut solo exhibition and Tala’s second birthday - we are so grateful to our friends, collaborators, and families for the endless support in making these culminating moments possible; we are gifted with the reminder that, especially now, showing up for each other is all the more imperative.

And thank you @hypeart for the continued attention to 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, recently featured in their ‘Must See Shows During EXPO Chicago 2026.’ We are also eternally grateful to @dreamcaketestkitchen creating our ever special annual Tala birthday cake, this year inspired by a photo of the stars in the Philippines night sky taken from Bagac Beach, Bataan.

Visit the gallery during open hours, Thursday - Saturday 1-6PM and always open by appointment (by DM or e-mail info@talachicago.com)

On view until June 6, 2026

Photography: @prezpipe
Wine: @heyawines @creamwine

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to the opening of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 by josh brainin, curated by Youssef Boucetta

This evening celebrated both the opening of josh brainin’s debut solo exhibition and Tala’s second birthday - we are so grateful to our friends, collaborators, and families for the endless support in making these culminating moments possible; we are gifted with the reminder that, especially now, showing up for each other is all the more imperative.

And thank you @hypeart for the continued attention to 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, recently featured in their ‘Must See Shows During EXPO Chicago 2026.’ We are also eternally grateful to @dreamcaketestkitchen creating our ever special annual Tala birthday cake, this year inspired by a photo of the stars in the Philippines night sky taken from Bagac Beach, Bataan.

Visit the gallery during open hours, Thursday - Saturday 1-6PM and always open by appointment (by DM or e-mail info@talachicago.com)

On view until June 6, 2026

Photography: @prezpipe
Wine: @heyawines @creamwine

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to the opening of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 by josh brainin, curated by Youssef Boucetta

This evening celebrated both the opening of josh brainin’s debut solo exhibition and Tala’s second birthday - we are so grateful to our friends, collaborators, and families for the endless support in making these culminating moments possible; we are gifted with the reminder that, especially now, showing up for each other is all the more imperative.

And thank you @hypeart for the continued attention to 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, recently featured in their ‘Must See Shows During EXPO Chicago 2026.’ We are also eternally grateful to @dreamcaketestkitchen creating our ever special annual Tala birthday cake, this year inspired by a photo of the stars in the Philippines night sky taken from Bagac Beach, Bataan.

Visit the gallery during open hours, Thursday - Saturday 1-6PM and always open by appointment (by DM or e-mail info@talachicago.com)

On view until June 6, 2026

Photography: @prezpipe
Wine: @heyawines @creamwine

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to the opening of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 by josh brainin, curated by Youssef Boucetta

This evening celebrated both the opening of josh brainin’s debut solo exhibition and Tala’s second birthday - we are so grateful to our friends, collaborators, and families for the endless support in making these culminating moments possible; we are gifted with the reminder that, especially now, showing up for each other is all the more imperative.

And thank you @hypeart for the continued attention to 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, recently featured in their ‘Must See Shows During EXPO Chicago 2026.’ We are also eternally grateful to @dreamcaketestkitchen creating our ever special annual Tala birthday cake, this year inspired by a photo of the stars in the Philippines night sky taken from Bagac Beach, Bataan.

Visit the gallery during open hours, Thursday - Saturday 1-6PM and always open by appointment (by DM or e-mail info@talachicago.com)

On view until June 6, 2026

Photography: @prezpipe
Wine: @heyawines @creamwine

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to the opening of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 by josh brainin, curated by Youssef Boucetta

This evening celebrated both the opening of josh brainin’s debut solo exhibition and Tala’s second birthday - we are so grateful to our friends, collaborators, and families for the endless support in making these culminating moments possible; we are gifted with the reminder that, especially now, showing up for each other is all the more imperative.

And thank you @hypeart for the continued attention to 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, recently featured in their ‘Must See Shows During EXPO Chicago 2026.’ We are also eternally grateful to @dreamcaketestkitchen creating our ever special annual Tala birthday cake, this year inspired by a photo of the stars in the Philippines night sky taken from Bagac Beach, Bataan.

Visit the gallery during open hours, Thursday - Saturday 1-6PM and always open by appointment (by DM or e-mail info@talachicago.com)

On view until June 6, 2026

Photography: @prezpipe
Wine: @heyawines @creamwine

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to the opening of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 by josh brainin, curated by Youssef Boucetta

This evening celebrated both the opening of josh brainin’s debut solo exhibition and Tala’s second birthday - we are so grateful to our friends, collaborators, and families for the endless support in making these culminating moments possible; we are gifted with the reminder that, especially now, showing up for each other is all the more imperative.

And thank you @hypeart for the continued attention to 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, recently featured in their ‘Must See Shows During EXPO Chicago 2026.’ We are also eternally grateful to @dreamcaketestkitchen creating our ever special annual Tala birthday cake, this year inspired by a photo of the stars in the Philippines night sky taken from Bagac Beach, Bataan.

Visit the gallery during open hours, Thursday - Saturday 1-6PM and always open by appointment (by DM or e-mail info@talachicago.com)

On view until June 6, 2026

Photography: @prezpipe
Wine: @heyawines @creamwine

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to the opening of 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 by josh brainin, curated by Youssef Boucetta

This evening celebrated both the opening of josh brainin’s debut solo exhibition and Tala’s second birthday - we are so grateful to our friends, collaborators, and families for the endless support in making these culminating moments possible; we are gifted with the reminder that, especially now, showing up for each other is all the more imperative.

And thank you @hypeart for the continued attention to 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, recently featured in their ‘Must See Shows During EXPO Chicago 2026.’ We are also eternally grateful to @dreamcaketestkitchen creating our ever special annual Tala birthday cake, this year inspired by a photo of the stars in the Philippines night sky taken from Bagac Beach, Bataan.

Visit the gallery during open hours, Thursday - Saturday 1-6PM and always open by appointment (by DM or e-mail info@talachicago.com)

On view until June 6, 2026

Photography: @prezpipe
Wine: @heyawines @creamwine

Thank you @frieze and @chicagoreader for featuring 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 at Tala in this year’s EXPO top picks

We’re especially grateful for the graceful, thoughtful words of @camillegbacon (Frieze) and @booksnotboyz (The Chicago Reader), who reflect on josh brainin’s work as “calling upon us to retrace the artist’s own faltering footsteps away from the pursuit of a unified identity” and as “an exploration of identity formation mediated through the ubiquity of digital technology,” respectively.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 opens this Friday, April 10, 6-9PM and marks the gallery’s second year around the sun - join us to celebrate with cake by @dreamcaketestkitchen. We are also in gratitude to the incredible team that made the exhibition’s central installation, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² possible.

Fabrication: @rainbolt_productions
Design: @larrytchogninou
Pedestal: @mesofuturos
Curated: @youssef.boucetta

Thank you @frieze and @chicagoreader for featuring 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 at Tala in this year’s EXPO top picks

We’re especially grateful for the graceful, thoughtful words of @camillegbacon (Frieze) and @booksnotboyz (The Chicago Reader), who reflect on josh brainin’s work as “calling upon us to retrace the artist’s own faltering footsteps away from the pursuit of a unified identity” and as “an exploration of identity formation mediated through the ubiquity of digital technology,” respectively.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 opens this Friday, April 10, 6-9PM and marks the gallery’s second year around the sun - join us to celebrate with cake by @dreamcaketestkitchen. We are also in gratitude to the incredible team that made the exhibition’s central installation, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² possible.

Fabrication: @rainbolt_productions
Design: @larrytchogninou
Pedestal: @mesofuturos
Curated: @youssef.boucetta

Thank you @frieze and @chicagoreader for featuring 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 at Tala in this year’s EXPO top picks

We’re especially grateful for the graceful, thoughtful words of @camillegbacon (Frieze) and @booksnotboyz (The Chicago Reader), who reflect on josh brainin’s work as “calling upon us to retrace the artist’s own faltering footsteps away from the pursuit of a unified identity” and as “an exploration of identity formation mediated through the ubiquity of digital technology,” respectively.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 opens this Friday, April 10, 6-9PM and marks the gallery’s second year around the sun - join us to celebrate with cake by @dreamcaketestkitchen. We are also in gratitude to the incredible team that made the exhibition’s central installation, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² possible.

Fabrication: @rainbolt_productions
Design: @larrytchogninou
Pedestal: @mesofuturos
Curated: @youssef.boucetta

Thank you @frieze and @chicagoreader for featuring 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 at Tala in this year’s EXPO top picks

We’re especially grateful for the graceful, thoughtful words of @camillegbacon (Frieze) and @booksnotboyz (The Chicago Reader), who reflect on josh brainin’s work as “calling upon us to retrace the artist’s own faltering footsteps away from the pursuit of a unified identity” and as “an exploration of identity formation mediated through the ubiquity of digital technology,” respectively.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 opens this Friday, April 10, 6-9PM and marks the gallery’s second year around the sun - join us to celebrate with cake by @dreamcaketestkitchen. We are also in gratitude to the incredible team that made the exhibition’s central installation, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥² possible.

Fabrication: @rainbolt_productions
Design: @larrytchogninou
Pedestal: @mesofuturos
Curated: @youssef.boucetta

To accompany the exhibition, brainin has produced an additional seven digital collages from his larger body of work, released as a limited edition of 10 prints (70 total). Extending the artist’s experiments into digital culture and image-making, the prints will be available beginning on opening night and only for the duration of the exhibition (April 10 – June 6, 2026).

All prints will be 11 × 17 inches, inkjet printed on cotton rag, edition 1/10.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is the first solo exhibition by filmmaker and artist josh brainin. The exhibition stages an intimacy shaped through digital language, where the self can slip, scatter, and reassemble. Utilizing blown-out color, inversion, and dense layering, brainin’s collages draw from the visual debris of the internet - desktop wallpapers, pirated film stills, memes, and the afterlives of child stardom - as generative emotional residue.

Within the same dreamy, though edged with grit, melancholic register that defines much of coming-of-age cinema - at times echoing the wandering, technicolor drift of youth in films like Millennium Mambo (2001) - the work frames the screen as this generation’s primary site of self becoming. Foregrounding his interest in digital tools as emotional prosthetics, the works become sites of intimate externalization, both of personal and collective memory. Here, identity emerges not as a fixed condition, but as an ongoing negotiation—one that holds both disorientation and possibility.

Opening on Friday, April 10, 6–9 PM. The exhibition marks Tala’s second birthday.

𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 1.0
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘛𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴
josh brainin, 2026

𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥
josh brainin, 2026

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳 𝘸𝘦?
josh brainin, 2026

𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘔𝘺 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

Artistic Director: @plawt
Photography: @iman.gum
Models: @sharmainism @lampcord @gino.vb @gabr13lle_@adammcdowelll @stellastellaraerae @brandonlukeperez
@blesstonio @frannieflo @uzi the dog

Documentation Photography: @prezpipe

To accompany the exhibition, brainin has produced an additional seven digital collages from his larger body of work, released as a limited edition of 10 prints (70 total). Extending the artist’s experiments into digital culture and image-making, the prints will be available beginning on opening night and only for the duration of the exhibition (April 10 – June 6, 2026).

All prints will be 11 × 17 inches, inkjet printed on cotton rag, edition 1/10.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is the first solo exhibition by filmmaker and artist josh brainin. The exhibition stages an intimacy shaped through digital language, where the self can slip, scatter, and reassemble. Utilizing blown-out color, inversion, and dense layering, brainin’s collages draw from the visual debris of the internet - desktop wallpapers, pirated film stills, memes, and the afterlives of child stardom - as generative emotional residue.

Within the same dreamy, though edged with grit, melancholic register that defines much of coming-of-age cinema - at times echoing the wandering, technicolor drift of youth in films like Millennium Mambo (2001) - the work frames the screen as this generation’s primary site of self becoming. Foregrounding his interest in digital tools as emotional prosthetics, the works become sites of intimate externalization, both of personal and collective memory. Here, identity emerges not as a fixed condition, but as an ongoing negotiation—one that holds both disorientation and possibility.

Opening on Friday, April 10, 6–9 PM. The exhibition marks Tala’s second birthday.

𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 1.0
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘛𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴
josh brainin, 2026

𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥
josh brainin, 2026

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳 𝘸𝘦?
josh brainin, 2026

𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘔𝘺 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

Artistic Director: @plawt
Photography: @iman.gum
Models: @sharmainism @lampcord @gino.vb @gabr13lle_@adammcdowelll @stellastellaraerae @brandonlukeperez
@blesstonio @frannieflo @uzi the dog

Documentation Photography: @prezpipe

To accompany the exhibition, brainin has produced an additional seven digital collages from his larger body of work, released as a limited edition of 10 prints (70 total). Extending the artist’s experiments into digital culture and image-making, the prints will be available beginning on opening night and only for the duration of the exhibition (April 10 – June 6, 2026).

All prints will be 11 × 17 inches, inkjet printed on cotton rag, edition 1/10.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is the first solo exhibition by filmmaker and artist josh brainin. The exhibition stages an intimacy shaped through digital language, where the self can slip, scatter, and reassemble. Utilizing blown-out color, inversion, and dense layering, brainin’s collages draw from the visual debris of the internet - desktop wallpapers, pirated film stills, memes, and the afterlives of child stardom - as generative emotional residue.

Within the same dreamy, though edged with grit, melancholic register that defines much of coming-of-age cinema - at times echoing the wandering, technicolor drift of youth in films like Millennium Mambo (2001) - the work frames the screen as this generation’s primary site of self becoming. Foregrounding his interest in digital tools as emotional prosthetics, the works become sites of intimate externalization, both of personal and collective memory. Here, identity emerges not as a fixed condition, but as an ongoing negotiation—one that holds both disorientation and possibility.

Opening on Friday, April 10, 6–9 PM. The exhibition marks Tala’s second birthday.

𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 1.0
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘛𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴
josh brainin, 2026

𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥
josh brainin, 2026

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳 𝘸𝘦?
josh brainin, 2026

𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘔𝘺 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

Artistic Director: @plawt
Photography: @iman.gum
Models: @sharmainism @lampcord @gino.vb @gabr13lle_@adammcdowelll @stellastellaraerae @brandonlukeperez
@blesstonio @frannieflo @uzi the dog

Documentation Photography: @prezpipe

To accompany the exhibition, brainin has produced an additional seven digital collages from his larger body of work, released as a limited edition of 10 prints (70 total). Extending the artist’s experiments into digital culture and image-making, the prints will be available beginning on opening night and only for the duration of the exhibition (April 10 – June 6, 2026).

All prints will be 11 × 17 inches, inkjet printed on cotton rag, edition 1/10.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is the first solo exhibition by filmmaker and artist josh brainin. The exhibition stages an intimacy shaped through digital language, where the self can slip, scatter, and reassemble. Utilizing blown-out color, inversion, and dense layering, brainin’s collages draw from the visual debris of the internet - desktop wallpapers, pirated film stills, memes, and the afterlives of child stardom - as generative emotional residue.

Within the same dreamy, though edged with grit, melancholic register that defines much of coming-of-age cinema - at times echoing the wandering, technicolor drift of youth in films like Millennium Mambo (2001) - the work frames the screen as this generation’s primary site of self becoming. Foregrounding his interest in digital tools as emotional prosthetics, the works become sites of intimate externalization, both of personal and collective memory. Here, identity emerges not as a fixed condition, but as an ongoing negotiation—one that holds both disorientation and possibility.

Opening on Friday, April 10, 6–9 PM. The exhibition marks Tala’s second birthday.

𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 1.0
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘛𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴
josh brainin, 2026

𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥
josh brainin, 2026

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳 𝘸𝘦?
josh brainin, 2026

𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘔𝘺 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

Artistic Director: @plawt
Photography: @iman.gum
Models: @sharmainism @lampcord @gino.vb @gabr13lle_@adammcdowelll @stellastellaraerae @brandonlukeperez
@blesstonio @frannieflo @uzi the dog

Documentation Photography: @prezpipe

To accompany the exhibition, brainin has produced an additional seven digital collages from his larger body of work, released as a limited edition of 10 prints (70 total). Extending the artist’s experiments into digital culture and image-making, the prints will be available beginning on opening night and only for the duration of the exhibition (April 10 – June 6, 2026).

All prints will be 11 × 17 inches, inkjet printed on cotton rag, edition 1/10.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is the first solo exhibition by filmmaker and artist josh brainin. The exhibition stages an intimacy shaped through digital language, where the self can slip, scatter, and reassemble. Utilizing blown-out color, inversion, and dense layering, brainin’s collages draw from the visual debris of the internet - desktop wallpapers, pirated film stills, memes, and the afterlives of child stardom - as generative emotional residue.

Within the same dreamy, though edged with grit, melancholic register that defines much of coming-of-age cinema - at times echoing the wandering, technicolor drift of youth in films like Millennium Mambo (2001) - the work frames the screen as this generation’s primary site of self becoming. Foregrounding his interest in digital tools as emotional prosthetics, the works become sites of intimate externalization, both of personal and collective memory. Here, identity emerges not as a fixed condition, but as an ongoing negotiation—one that holds both disorientation and possibility.

Opening on Friday, April 10, 6–9 PM. The exhibition marks Tala’s second birthday.

𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 1.0
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘛𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴
josh brainin, 2026

𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥
josh brainin, 2026

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳 𝘸𝘦?
josh brainin, 2026

𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘔𝘺 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

Artistic Director: @plawt
Photography: @iman.gum
Models: @sharmainism @lampcord @gino.vb @gabr13lle_@adammcdowelll @stellastellaraerae @brandonlukeperez
@blesstonio @frannieflo @uzi the dog

Documentation Photography: @prezpipe

To accompany the exhibition, brainin has produced an additional seven digital collages from his larger body of work, released as a limited edition of 10 prints (70 total). Extending the artist’s experiments into digital culture and image-making, the prints will be available beginning on opening night and only for the duration of the exhibition (April 10 – June 6, 2026).

All prints will be 11 × 17 inches, inkjet printed on cotton rag, edition 1/10.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is the first solo exhibition by filmmaker and artist josh brainin. The exhibition stages an intimacy shaped through digital language, where the self can slip, scatter, and reassemble. Utilizing blown-out color, inversion, and dense layering, brainin’s collages draw from the visual debris of the internet - desktop wallpapers, pirated film stills, memes, and the afterlives of child stardom - as generative emotional residue.

Within the same dreamy, though edged with grit, melancholic register that defines much of coming-of-age cinema - at times echoing the wandering, technicolor drift of youth in films like Millennium Mambo (2001) - the work frames the screen as this generation’s primary site of self becoming. Foregrounding his interest in digital tools as emotional prosthetics, the works become sites of intimate externalization, both of personal and collective memory. Here, identity emerges not as a fixed condition, but as an ongoing negotiation—one that holds both disorientation and possibility.

Opening on Friday, April 10, 6–9 PM. The exhibition marks Tala’s second birthday.

𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 1.0
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘛𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴
josh brainin, 2026

𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥
josh brainin, 2026

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳 𝘸𝘦?
josh brainin, 2026

𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘔𝘺 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

Artistic Director: @plawt
Photography: @iman.gum
Models: @sharmainism @lampcord @gino.vb @gabr13lle_@adammcdowelll @stellastellaraerae @brandonlukeperez
@blesstonio @frannieflo @uzi the dog

Documentation Photography: @prezpipe

To accompany the exhibition, brainin has produced an additional seven digital collages from his larger body of work, released as a limited edition of 10 prints (70 total). Extending the artist’s experiments into digital culture and image-making, the prints will be available beginning on opening night and only for the duration of the exhibition (April 10 – June 6, 2026).

All prints will be 11 × 17 inches, inkjet printed on cotton rag, edition 1/10.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is the first solo exhibition by filmmaker and artist josh brainin. The exhibition stages an intimacy shaped through digital language, where the self can slip, scatter, and reassemble. Utilizing blown-out color, inversion, and dense layering, brainin’s collages draw from the visual debris of the internet - desktop wallpapers, pirated film stills, memes, and the afterlives of child stardom - as generative emotional residue.

Within the same dreamy, though edged with grit, melancholic register that defines much of coming-of-age cinema - at times echoing the wandering, technicolor drift of youth in films like Millennium Mambo (2001) - the work frames the screen as this generation’s primary site of self becoming. Foregrounding his interest in digital tools as emotional prosthetics, the works become sites of intimate externalization, both of personal and collective memory. Here, identity emerges not as a fixed condition, but as an ongoing negotiation—one that holds both disorientation and possibility.

Opening on Friday, April 10, 6–9 PM. The exhibition marks Tala’s second birthday.

𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 1.0
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘛𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴
josh brainin, 2026

𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥
josh brainin, 2026

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳 𝘸𝘦?
josh brainin, 2026

𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘔𝘺 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

Artistic Director: @plawt
Photography: @iman.gum
Models: @sharmainism @lampcord @gino.vb @gabr13lle_@adammcdowelll @stellastellaraerae @brandonlukeperez
@blesstonio @frannieflo @uzi the dog

Documentation Photography: @prezpipe

To accompany the exhibition, brainin has produced an additional seven digital collages from his larger body of work, released as a limited edition of 10 prints (70 total). Extending the artist’s experiments into digital culture and image-making, the prints will be available beginning on opening night and only for the duration of the exhibition (April 10 – June 6, 2026).

All prints will be 11 × 17 inches, inkjet printed on cotton rag, edition 1/10.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is the first solo exhibition by filmmaker and artist josh brainin. The exhibition stages an intimacy shaped through digital language, where the self can slip, scatter, and reassemble. Utilizing blown-out color, inversion, and dense layering, brainin’s collages draw from the visual debris of the internet - desktop wallpapers, pirated film stills, memes, and the afterlives of child stardom - as generative emotional residue.

Within the same dreamy, though edged with grit, melancholic register that defines much of coming-of-age cinema - at times echoing the wandering, technicolor drift of youth in films like Millennium Mambo (2001) - the work frames the screen as this generation’s primary site of self becoming. Foregrounding his interest in digital tools as emotional prosthetics, the works become sites of intimate externalization, both of personal and collective memory. Here, identity emerges not as a fixed condition, but as an ongoing negotiation—one that holds both disorientation and possibility.

Opening on Friday, April 10, 6–9 PM. The exhibition marks Tala’s second birthday.

𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 1.0
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘛𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴
josh brainin, 2026

𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥
josh brainin, 2026

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳 𝘸𝘦?
josh brainin, 2026

𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘔𝘺 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

Artistic Director: @plawt
Photography: @iman.gum
Models: @sharmainism @lampcord @gino.vb @gabr13lle_@adammcdowelll @stellastellaraerae @brandonlukeperez
@blesstonio @frannieflo @uzi the dog

Documentation Photography: @prezpipe

To accompany the exhibition, brainin has produced an additional seven digital collages from his larger body of work, released as a limited edition of 10 prints (70 total). Extending the artist’s experiments into digital culture and image-making, the prints will be available beginning on opening night and only for the duration of the exhibition (April 10 – June 6, 2026).

All prints will be 11 × 17 inches, inkjet printed on cotton rag, edition 1/10.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is the first solo exhibition by filmmaker and artist josh brainin. The exhibition stages an intimacy shaped through digital language, where the self can slip, scatter, and reassemble. Utilizing blown-out color, inversion, and dense layering, brainin’s collages draw from the visual debris of the internet - desktop wallpapers, pirated film stills, memes, and the afterlives of child stardom - as generative emotional residue.

Within the same dreamy, though edged with grit, melancholic register that defines much of coming-of-age cinema - at times echoing the wandering, technicolor drift of youth in films like Millennium Mambo (2001) - the work frames the screen as this generation’s primary site of self becoming. Foregrounding his interest in digital tools as emotional prosthetics, the works become sites of intimate externalization, both of personal and collective memory. Here, identity emerges not as a fixed condition, but as an ongoing negotiation—one that holds both disorientation and possibility.

Opening on Friday, April 10, 6–9 PM. The exhibition marks Tala’s second birthday.

𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 1.0
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘛𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴
josh brainin, 2026

𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥
josh brainin, 2026

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳 𝘸𝘦?
josh brainin, 2026

𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘔𝘺 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

Artistic Director: @plawt
Photography: @iman.gum
Models: @sharmainism @lampcord @gino.vb @gabr13lle_@adammcdowelll @stellastellaraerae @brandonlukeperez
@blesstonio @frannieflo @uzi the dog

Documentation Photography: @prezpipe

To accompany the exhibition, brainin has produced an additional seven digital collages from his larger body of work, released as a limited edition of 10 prints (70 total). Extending the artist’s experiments into digital culture and image-making, the prints will be available beginning on opening night and only for the duration of the exhibition (April 10 – June 6, 2026).

All prints will be 11 × 17 inches, inkjet printed on cotton rag, edition 1/10.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is the first solo exhibition by filmmaker and artist josh brainin. The exhibition stages an intimacy shaped through digital language, where the self can slip, scatter, and reassemble. Utilizing blown-out color, inversion, and dense layering, brainin’s collages draw from the visual debris of the internet - desktop wallpapers, pirated film stills, memes, and the afterlives of child stardom - as generative emotional residue.

Within the same dreamy, though edged with grit, melancholic register that defines much of coming-of-age cinema - at times echoing the wandering, technicolor drift of youth in films like Millennium Mambo (2001) - the work frames the screen as this generation’s primary site of self becoming. Foregrounding his interest in digital tools as emotional prosthetics, the works become sites of intimate externalization, both of personal and collective memory. Here, identity emerges not as a fixed condition, but as an ongoing negotiation—one that holds both disorientation and possibility.

Opening on Friday, April 10, 6–9 PM. The exhibition marks Tala’s second birthday.

𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 1.0
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘛𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴
josh brainin, 2026

𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥
josh brainin, 2026

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳 𝘸𝘦?
josh brainin, 2026

𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘔𝘺 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

Artistic Director: @plawt
Photography: @iman.gum
Models: @sharmainism @lampcord @gino.vb @gabr13lle_@adammcdowelll @stellastellaraerae @brandonlukeperez
@blesstonio @frannieflo @uzi the dog

Documentation Photography: @prezpipe

To accompany the exhibition, brainin has produced an additional seven digital collages from his larger body of work, released as a limited edition of 10 prints (70 total). Extending the artist’s experiments into digital culture and image-making, the prints will be available beginning on opening night and only for the duration of the exhibition (April 10 – June 6, 2026).

All prints will be 11 × 17 inches, inkjet printed on cotton rag, edition 1/10.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is the first solo exhibition by filmmaker and artist josh brainin. The exhibition stages an intimacy shaped through digital language, where the self can slip, scatter, and reassemble. Utilizing blown-out color, inversion, and dense layering, brainin’s collages draw from the visual debris of the internet - desktop wallpapers, pirated film stills, memes, and the afterlives of child stardom - as generative emotional residue.

Within the same dreamy, though edged with grit, melancholic register that defines much of coming-of-age cinema - at times echoing the wandering, technicolor drift of youth in films like Millennium Mambo (2001) - the work frames the screen as this generation’s primary site of self becoming. Foregrounding his interest in digital tools as emotional prosthetics, the works become sites of intimate externalization, both of personal and collective memory. Here, identity emerges not as a fixed condition, but as an ongoing negotiation—one that holds both disorientation and possibility.

Opening on Friday, April 10, 6–9 PM. The exhibition marks Tala’s second birthday.

𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 1.0
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘛𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴
josh brainin, 2026

𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥
josh brainin, 2026

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳 𝘸𝘦?
josh brainin, 2026

𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘔𝘺 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

Artistic Director: @plawt
Photography: @iman.gum
Models: @sharmainism @lampcord @gino.vb @gabr13lle_@adammcdowelll @stellastellaraerae @brandonlukeperez
@blesstonio @frannieflo @uzi the dog

Documentation Photography: @prezpipe

To accompany the exhibition, brainin has produced an additional seven digital collages from his larger body of work, released as a limited edition of 10 prints (70 total). Extending the artist’s experiments into digital culture and image-making, the prints will be available beginning on opening night and only for the duration of the exhibition (April 10 – June 6, 2026).

All prints will be 11 × 17 inches, inkjet printed on cotton rag, edition 1/10.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is the first solo exhibition by filmmaker and artist josh brainin. The exhibition stages an intimacy shaped through digital language, where the self can slip, scatter, and reassemble. Utilizing blown-out color, inversion, and dense layering, brainin’s collages draw from the visual debris of the internet - desktop wallpapers, pirated film stills, memes, and the afterlives of child stardom - as generative emotional residue.

Within the same dreamy, though edged with grit, melancholic register that defines much of coming-of-age cinema - at times echoing the wandering, technicolor drift of youth in films like Millennium Mambo (2001) - the work frames the screen as this generation’s primary site of self becoming. Foregrounding his interest in digital tools as emotional prosthetics, the works become sites of intimate externalization, both of personal and collective memory. Here, identity emerges not as a fixed condition, but as an ongoing negotiation—one that holds both disorientation and possibility.

Opening on Friday, April 10, 6–9 PM. The exhibition marks Tala’s second birthday.

𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 1.0
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘛𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴
josh brainin, 2026

𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥
josh brainin, 2026

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳 𝘸𝘦?
josh brainin, 2026

𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘔𝘺 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

Artistic Director: @plawt
Photography: @iman.gum
Models: @sharmainism @lampcord @gino.vb @gabr13lle_@adammcdowelll @stellastellaraerae @brandonlukeperez
@blesstonio @frannieflo @uzi the dog

Documentation Photography: @prezpipe

To accompany the exhibition, brainin has produced an additional seven digital collages from his larger body of work, released as a limited edition of 10 prints (70 total). Extending the artist’s experiments into digital culture and image-making, the prints will be available beginning on opening night and only for the duration of the exhibition (April 10 – June 6, 2026).

All prints will be 11 × 17 inches, inkjet printed on cotton rag, edition 1/10.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is the first solo exhibition by filmmaker and artist josh brainin. The exhibition stages an intimacy shaped through digital language, where the self can slip, scatter, and reassemble. Utilizing blown-out color, inversion, and dense layering, brainin’s collages draw from the visual debris of the internet - desktop wallpapers, pirated film stills, memes, and the afterlives of child stardom - as generative emotional residue.

Within the same dreamy, though edged with grit, melancholic register that defines much of coming-of-age cinema - at times echoing the wandering, technicolor drift of youth in films like Millennium Mambo (2001) - the work frames the screen as this generation’s primary site of self becoming. Foregrounding his interest in digital tools as emotional prosthetics, the works become sites of intimate externalization, both of personal and collective memory. Here, identity emerges not as a fixed condition, but as an ongoing negotiation—one that holds both disorientation and possibility.

Opening on Friday, April 10, 6–9 PM. The exhibition marks Tala’s second birthday.

𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 1.0
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘛𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴
josh brainin, 2026

𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥
josh brainin, 2026

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳 𝘸𝘦?
josh brainin, 2026

𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘔𝘺 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

Artistic Director: @plawt
Photography: @iman.gum
Models: @sharmainism @lampcord @gino.vb @gabr13lle_@adammcdowelll @stellastellaraerae @brandonlukeperez
@blesstonio @frannieflo @uzi the dog

Documentation Photography: @prezpipe

To accompany the exhibition, brainin has produced an additional seven digital collages from his larger body of work, released as a limited edition of 10 prints (70 total). Extending the artist’s experiments into digital culture and image-making, the prints will be available beginning on opening night and only for the duration of the exhibition (April 10 – June 6, 2026).

All prints will be 11 × 17 inches, inkjet printed on cotton rag, edition 1/10.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is the first solo exhibition by filmmaker and artist josh brainin. The exhibition stages an intimacy shaped through digital language, where the self can slip, scatter, and reassemble. Utilizing blown-out color, inversion, and dense layering, brainin’s collages draw from the visual debris of the internet - desktop wallpapers, pirated film stills, memes, and the afterlives of child stardom - as generative emotional residue.

Within the same dreamy, though edged with grit, melancholic register that defines much of coming-of-age cinema - at times echoing the wandering, technicolor drift of youth in films like Millennium Mambo (2001) - the work frames the screen as this generation’s primary site of self becoming. Foregrounding his interest in digital tools as emotional prosthetics, the works become sites of intimate externalization, both of personal and collective memory. Here, identity emerges not as a fixed condition, but as an ongoing negotiation—one that holds both disorientation and possibility.

Opening on Friday, April 10, 6–9 PM. The exhibition marks Tala’s second birthday.

𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 1.0
josh brainin, 2026

𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘛𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴
josh brainin, 2026

𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥
josh brainin, 2026

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳 𝘸𝘦?
josh brainin, 2026

𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘔𝘺 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦
josh brainin, 2026

Artistic Director: @plawt
Photography: @iman.gum
Models: @sharmainism @lampcord @gino.vb @gabr13lle_@adammcdowelll @stellastellaraerae @brandonlukeperez
@blesstonio @frannieflo @uzi the dog

Documentation Photography: @prezpipe

Tala is thrilled to announce 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, the first solo exhibition by filmmaker and artist josh brainin, curated by Youssef Boucetta, opening Friday April 10, 6-9PM

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 stages an intimacy shaped through digital language, where the self can slip, scatter, and reassemble. As such, brainin urges us to understand identity not as a fixed condition but as a space of ongoing negotiation, one that holds both disorientation and possibility.

The exhibition is a continued exploration into the mechanisms by which (un)stable selfhood is constituted. Moving away from the artist’s background in video and film, this exhibition showcases brainin’s latest experimentations into physical printmaking techniques and sculptural installations. The exhibition is split into two components: a 2-channel video installation and a series of digital collages that stage the uncanny space where the now-all-too-familiar repertoire of cellphone symbology dissolves into landscapes between the real and the virtual. Avoiding the trap of falling into either techno-pessimism or techno-optimism, brainin uses the visual language of digital user interfaces to render age-old questions of subject formation, morality and individuality, at times verging on the spiritual.

To accompany the exhibition, brainin has produced an additional 7 digital collages from his larger body of work, in a limited-edition run of 10 prints each (70 total). Extending the artist’s experiments into digital culture and imaging, the prints will be available beginning on opening night.

The opening reception for 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 coincides with @expochicago and marks the gallery’s second birthday. Join us at 7:30PM to blow candles on a cake by @dreamcaketestkitchen and celebrate two years of Tala.

📍 Opening Reception: Friday 4/10, 6-9PM
On view through Jun 6, 2026
Cake cutting at 7:30PM
1644 W. Chicago Ave, #1

Physical flyers risograph printed and letter pressed by Stella Rae Binion (@stellastellaraerae)

@joshbrainin
@youssef.boucetta

#RitualsforFieldTransmissions

‘It’s Just a Fucking Opening’ screening @mcachicago on January 20th at 6pm featured in @jupiter.magazine short film series ‘Ambition & Nurturing Sensibilities’ ☆彡٩(^‿^)۶

‘It’s Just a Fucking Opening’ screening @mcachicago on January 20th at 6pm featured in @jupiter.magazine short film series ‘Ambition & Nurturing Sensibilities’ ☆彡٩(^‿^)۶

‘It’s Just a Fucking Opening’ screening @mcachicago on January 20th at 6pm featured in @jupiter.magazine short film series ‘Ambition & Nurturing Sensibilities’ ☆彡٩(^‿^)۶

my film “eyes closed see stars” is having its nyc premiere screening this thursday @bamfilmbrooklyn featured in a wonderful line up of lo-fi video programmed by @osadolo.r

link to tickets in bio 💫

photo by @ddolllsss

my film “eyes closed see stars” is having its nyc premiere screening this thursday @bamfilmbrooklyn featured in a wonderful line up of lo-fi video programmed by @osadolo.r

link to tickets in bio 💫

photo by @ddolllsss

my film “eyes closed see stars” is having its nyc premiere screening this thursday @bamfilmbrooklyn featured in a wonderful line up of lo-fi video programmed by @osadolo.r

link to tickets in bio 💫

photo by @ddolllsss