Kristy Deetz: Disrupted Gardens

Dates and Times

Wednesday, Jan 14, 2026 1pm - 6pm
Wednesday, Jan 21, 2026 1pm - 6pm
Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 1pm - 6pm
Wednesday, Feb 4, 2026 1pm - 6pm
Wednesday, Feb 11, 2026 1pm - 6pm
Wednesday, Feb 18, 2026 1pm - 6pm
Wednesday, Feb 25, 2026 1pm - 6pm

Location

417 W. Magnolia

Details

The Lincoln Center Art Gallery’s new exhibit Kristy Deetz: Disrupted Gardens opens January 9 and will be on view through February 27. Disrupted Gardens is a series of hyper-realistic acrylic paintings that imagine a future where nature and artificial intelligence respond to pollution and climate change by reshaping the Earth (our “Garden”) and populating it with new, often evolving creatures. Kristy calls these creatures Specimens and first creates them as small sculptures made from beeswax, pigments, and found materials. She photographs the Specimens outdoors and refines the images digitally to use as the basis for each of her detailed paintings.

The Specimen sculptures are quick, experimental studies of a transformed world, the paintings are slow, carefully crafted illusions. Together, they suggest a future full of humor, darkness, and hope. The work invites viewers to consider how life might adapt, what role humans may play, and how creativity can spark new ways of thinking about our environment.

Kristy Deetz will be visiting The Lincoln Center Art Gallery from Green Bay, Wisconsin. She will live sculpt in the Art Gallery, demonstrating how she creates her Specimens, from 1 to 6 pm, Thursday, January 15, and from 3 to 5 pm, Friday, January 16. The sculptures she creates will remain on view for the duration of the exhibit. To end the day on the 16th, the Art Gallery will host an Artist Talk at 5:30 pm and celebrate her visit with an Artist’s Reception at 6:30 pm.

The Lincoln Center Art Gallery is open to the public from 1 to 6pm Wednesday and Friday and before most performances.

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