Tomboy / 2026
Solo exhibition at Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Jen P. Harris repositions the relationship between painting and weaving in their one-person exhibition, Tomboy. Harris’ paintings pose an intersection of ambiguity, where neither painting nor weaving resolves without the slippage between both. Suspending expectations, they obscure their paintings by animating the surface as a loom, stretching a warp of yarn from the top profile of the painting to the bottom of the stretcher, whereupon they needle weave the weft in response to the newly camouflaged composition. Harris’ unique approach electrifies the dance between media, each transgressing the space and story held by the other. Their paintings become a queer metaphor where concrete morphs and dissolves into a river of nonlinear multiplicity.
January 10 – February 14, 2026
The production of works included in Tomboy was made possible in part by an investment of public funds from the Ohio Arts Council (OAC). The OAC is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally, and economically.