* Rise & Repaint Member Exhibition * RESONANCE: Shawna Miller and Lucia at HELM CONTEMPORARY
In Resonance, artists Shawna Miller and LUCIA engage with the generative force of feminine energy—expressed not as ideology, but as an embodied presence: attuned, receptive, and deeply relational. The exhibition is an invitation into a space of emotional proximity, where oil painting and interactive installation converge to reflect on what it means to hold and to be held.
Miller’s figurative paintings depict moments of quiet connection, often between mother and child, yet her subjects transcend biographical specificity. These gestures—of rest, of embrace—become universal forms of care, suggesting that stillness and intimacy are not passive states, but active, structuring forces. LUCIA’s light and sound installation extends this logic into the environment: as viewers approach, a 528 hertz frequency swells, and light expands in tandem, making visible the ripple effects of co-regulation and presence.
Rather than assert a fixed narrative, Resonance offers a somatic experience—one that prioritizes sensation over statement, attunement over spectacle. It arrives at a moment when the themes of care, connection, and quiet power feel both urgent and underexplored. This marks the New York debut for both artists, whose collaboration began at R2 Gallery in Colorado.
132 Bowery, 3rd Floor, NYC, NY
May 3rd 3-6pm
