Upcoming Exhibitions

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Summer 2026: Part 1

EXHIBITION DATES: June 6 – July 11, 2026
RECEPTION: Please join us for a celebratory reception for all the artists on June 6th from 3–5:30pm

In Conversation: June 27th at 2PM
Dr. Allison Shultz, Ornithology researcher and curator will be in conversation with artist and birder David Tomb.

Dr. Allison Shultz is Associate Curator of the Ornithology Department at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. With her research, she seeks to understand the evolution of bird diversity, focusing on two major areas: how birds are responding to human-caused environmental changes, and how and why bird colors evolve. Dr. Shultz received her PhD from Harvard University, MS from San Diego State University, and BA from the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to her research, Dr. Shultz is passionate about inspiring a love of nature in everyone and connecting nature to art. ALLISON SHULTZ WEBSITE

PATRICIA SWEETOW GALLERY is pleased to present Part 1 of two summer exhibitions. Summer 2026: Part 1 includes artists Uma Rani Iyli, Cornelia Schulz, Linda Sormin, and David Tomb.

Our exhibition presents an enigmatic, nostalgic romp with tiny dinosaurs, highlighting the staggering loss of animal and bird species caused by human impact. David Tomb sets our stage with intimate contemporary portraits of birds. The paintings are composed as dioramas found at natural history museums, each painting tells a story of a bird species and its habitat.  Uma Rani Iyli, with her wrapped sari silk ‘paintings,’ opens our views with vibrant sunsets and nocturnal fields of color. Linda Sormin’s ceramic works remind us of the dense marshlands that shelter birds and the lush growth unhampered by human folly. Cornelia Schulz’s small-format oil paintings unfold a precious liberty to co-exist in pure visual fantasy, a dominion removed from consumption and the ever-harping signals of technology.

In conjunction with Summer 2026: Part 1 is Thomas Müller | What then pig

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Thomas Müller | what then pig

Exhibition Dates: June 6 – July 11, 2026
Reception: June 6th, 3-5:30pm

Introducing a covey of pink ceramic pigs, artist Thomas Müller continues his exploration of the physicality of language with his second exhibition in the gallery, What then pig.

The diminutive pink pigs appear to attack and struggle with punctuation, letterforms, and other linguistic characters and symbols. In this barnyard of anthropomorphized animals, the pigs are a metaphoric understudy for human chaos: gifted with intellect, reason, and feeling, yet bound to reckless impulses of greed, desire, and force. It’s unclear whether the pale pink pigs are victims of or complicit in their own infirmity.

Thomas Müller is Associate Professor and Chair of Art, 3D, at the University of Southern California (USC). He received his BFA from the University of Washington and MFA at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan. He was born in Cape Town, South Africa and spent his childhood growing up in Africa, the United States and Europe. Growing up in such disparate locales and cultures has inevitably influenced his work, in particular as it relates to language, time, memory and space. Residencies include The European Ceramic Work Centres’ Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands and Stichtung Kaus Australis Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

In conjunction with Thomas Müller | What then pig is Summer 2026: Part 1 with Uma Rani Iyli, Cornelia Schulz, Linda Sormin and David Tomb