Patterns Around Us

Nov 30 — Dec 28, 2024
 ArtSystems Gallery, LA, is thrilled to announce Patterns Around Us, an exhibition featuring seven artists

—Owen Black, Brock Faulkner, Hazel Lutz, Feliz Meza, Adriel Nguyen, Judith Spears, and Luis Tyler—

whose works explore the intricacies of pattern as it relates to natural forms, urban landscapes, and personal narratives. Through diverse media and styles, each artist captures unique interpretations of structure, repetition, and rhythm, inviting viewers to experience the harmony and complexity woven into the world around us.

ARTISTS FEATURED

Adriel Nguyen

Brock Faulkners

Hazel Lutz

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Introducing Adriel Nguyen

Adriel Nguyen (b. 1980, Vũng Tàu, Vietnam) is known for her paintings that combine brilliant color with fantastical landscape compositions. She draws inspiration from the landscapes of her childhood around Vũng Tàu. Her family left Vietnam when she was 12 years old. She often reconnects with her homeland through family photos, stories and the occasional visit. She is interested in how landscapes shape culture, societies, and the individual person.

Adriel Nguyen’s work is in collections including The Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum, DeYoung Museum, Baltimore Museum of Art, and National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile. She is a recipient of the Anonymous was a Woman Award. She graduates from Yale in 2012. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NYC.

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Image (left): Adriel Nguyen, Ansonia, 2023, Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)