Nearly 300 artists entered approximately 900 works for consideration. Juror Armando Pulido, Writer and Curatorial Assistant, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, selected the final 52 artists and 51 works to exhibit.

Armando Pulido is a curatorial assistant at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and a regular contributor to Frieze magazine. He has reviewed exhibitions in Los Angeles that help to expand the social art histories of contemporary art, such as the Made In L.A. biennial and Painting in the River of Angels: Judy Baca and The Great Wall. His research has focused on art from the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, Mexican Muralism, and contemporary U.S. Latinx art. He has contributed to exhibition projects at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and was recently a fellow of the AllPaper Seminar at the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College. Prior to the Lucas Museum, Armando held curatorial positions at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

July 20-September 28, 2024

TECHNE is proud to present “Flora and Fauna”, a group show juried by Chuck Thomas featuring artists selected from OMA's Artist Alliance. This exhibition features both abstract and representational artworks that are inspired by the natural world. The gallery explodes in color and form with an overwhelming sensory overload of work and presentation. One can almost see and smell a real botanical garden surrounding us as the show unfurls and explodes in a lush rapture of exuberance. The diversity of works highlights the changing styles, iconography, and expansiveness in the current Contemporary Art World. 

As a show which is celebrating many talented artists exploring their own unique visions, the exhibition takes particular care to emphasize the interconnections between art, nature, and society. Striving for truth, the artists in the exhibition reject the artifice, instead championing authentic perspectives derived from the study of nature and their own unique interpretations. Many of the works do not make obvious references to the natural world, the natural world instead being a springboard to their own unique visions, something joyously evident here.

September 7-October 12, 2024