Shifting Grounds - September 24th - October 10th

This exhibition takes place at PLAySPACE Gallery, which is located on the unceded ancestral lands of the Ramaytush Ohlone people. This show is informed by the histories held in the land beneath our feet, histories of belonging, erasure, migration, and displacement. It is with humility and respect that we honor the original caretakers of this place.

Shifting Grounds is an exhibition that explores the deeply personal and social relationships artists have to land, home, and identity. In the Bay Area, identity is shaped by migration, transformation, and layered multifaceted experiences of belonging across cultures and generations. The exhibition considers the multiple borders that shape our lives, from the physical structures of urban landscapes to the invisible boundaries of belonging and selfhood. Across these shifting boundaries, artists engage with movement, displacement, memory, and remaking. Together, their works ask: What does it mean to carry landscapes, not only in memory, but in practice and embodiment, and how does the Bay Area influence that process amid migration and continual change?"

Shifting Grounds is curated by Gabby Severson (MFA '26) and on view at PLAySPACE Gallery September 24–October 10, 9am–9pm daily.