🫶🙏🫶Thank you to everyone that came to the opening last night! Here’s a quick walk through of my solo show @grayduckgallery ! The gallery is open today until 6 pm!
✨💫✨“Remains to be Seen” my solo exhibition opens tonight from 7-10 PM @grayduckgallery ✨💫✨
I am interested in how everyday objects hold a sense of time that feels both fleeting and enduring. Working with materials such as paper, porcelain, and plastic, I explore how meaning emerges in ordinary things, often revealing layered and sometimes conflicting ideas about history, culture, and value.
I collect disposable objects that we handle, accumulate, and discard, such as plastic bags, take-out containers, and cardboard boxes. These items are designed for short, practical use, yet they often outlast the moment they were needed. I’m drawn to this tension between brief encounters and lasting presence, between use and afterlife.
In my studio, these objects become starting points. I trace them, press them, cast them, and print from them. Through contact, these processes leave marks and impressions that suggest both the object itself and something less tangible. It is an act of translation, rather than replication. The resulting works often feel familiar, but also slightly out of reach.
Working this way also helps me process these objects before letting them go. I press, crush, and reuse them until they feel worn down or emptied out. They become tattered, compressed, or strained. There is a tension between preserving and letting go, between care and exhaustion.
This body of work brings these ideas together as a kind of quiet landscape or tablescape. Objects appear pressed or suspended in time. They suggest moments in time, like brief encounters we rarely return to, and feel both specific and transient. I try to record these moments as they pass, making visible what often goes unnoticed. The works become traces of contact, holding onto something that is constantly slipping away.
Hello friends! I’m thrilled to announce my solo exhibition, “Remains to be Seen,” opening this Saturday, May 16th, with a reception from 7–10 pm at GrayDUCK Gallery (@grayduckgallery ) in Austin, Texas. The show runs through June 27th.
This new body of work consists of prints and ceramic sculptures made during my sabbatical. It feels especially meaningful to me because it pushed me into new territory, experimenting with wood firing and pressure printing in ways I hadn’t explored before. I’m grateful for the focused studio time at Anderson Ranch Arts Center (@andersonranchartscenter ) and the facilities support at the Interdisciplinary Ceramics Research Center (@ku.icrc ) at KU, both of which made this work possible.
The opening reception will also be 16th birthday party for @grayduckgallery ! If you are in Austin area, come celebrate with us!!
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💕🎉💕They all made it out!!! Looking forward to sharing these new pieces in my solo show “Remains to be Seen” @grayduckgallery opening May 16!
Yoonmi Nam | Remains to be Seen
* Opening: Saturday, May 16, 7-10pm
* Exhibition Dates: May 16 – Jun 28, 2026
I am interested in how everyday objects hold a sense of time that feels both fleeting and enduring. Working with materials such as paper, porcelain, and plastic, I explore how meaning emerges in ordinary things, often revealing layered and sometimes conflicting ideas about history, culture, and value.
I collect disposable objects that we handle, accumulate, and discard, such as plastic bags, take-out containers, and cardboard boxes. These items are designed for short, practical use, yet they often outlast the moment they were needed. I’m drawn to this tension between brief encounters and lasting presence, between use and afterlife.
In my studio, these objects become starting points. I trace them, press them, cast them, and print from them. Through contact, these processes leave marks and impressions that suggest both the object itself and something less tangible. It is an act of translation, rather than replication. The resulting works often feel familiar, but also slightly out of reach.
Working this way also helps me process these objects before letting them go. I press, crush, and reuse them until they feel worn down or emptied out. They become tattered, compressed, or strained. There is a tension between preserving and letting go, between care and exhaustion.
This body of work brings these ideas together as a kind of quiet landscape or tablescape. Objects appear pressed or suspended in time. They suggest moments in time, like brief encounters we rarely return to, and feel both specific and transient. I try to record these moments as they pass, making visible what often goes unnoticed. The works become traces of contact, holding onto something that is constantly slipping away.
It’s the final weekend of Miguel A. Aragón’s show “The Threads that Hold Us” at grayDUCK Gallery. The gallery is open from 12–6 pm today and tomorrow. Don’t miss it!
Show Dates: March 24 – May 3
From the artist: “Herlinda Sifuentes de Aragón, my mother, constantly kept her hands busy creating. She knitted, crocheted, and sewed for family and others, making items from necessity and love. As a child, I wore her handmade sweaters, socks, and warm blankets. During my teenage years, she knitted denim jackets and created scarves, blankets, and baby outfits, later donating them to Hospital de la Mujer in Juárez, Mexico.
”After her passing in 2019, I traveled to Juárez for research. Her collected items—ceramic elephants and objects—became subjects for my work. This exhibition represents a direct conversation between us, creating artwork from personal narrative while attempting universal understanding through shared cultural experiences.”
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grayDUCK Gallery @grayduckgallery
ADDRESS: 2213 E Cesar Chavez St
HOURS: Sat–Sun: 12–6 pm
Image: Installation view of “The Threads that Hold Us” by Miguel A. Aragón @miguel.a.aragon
Dive into the latest DUCKblind Podcast featuring Miguel A. Aragón! Discover his creative journey, inspirations, and the stories behind his striking work.
It’s been an honor showcasing his new work, I’m such a big fan.
