IZZY LEE is delighted to present “Circular Ruins,” the LA debut of painter Beverly Acha. Opening Friday, April 17 with a reception that night from 6–9PM.
Based between Brooklyn, NY and Bennington, VT, Acha has created a new body of work that takes up the rich symbolism of time and the systems we use to order it, playfully opening and subverting both to imagine other possibilities. Informed by magical realism (the exhibition shares its title with Jorge Luis Borges’s 1940 short story), Acha offers a visual language in which familiar forms and symbols refuse to behave: the spiral that doesn’t resolve, the clock that doesn’t quite comply, the moon that keeps its own time. “Circular Ruins” invites the viewer into a space where other ways of keeping time—and the worlds they might make possible—come into view.
Beverly Acha: Circular Ruins
April 17 - May 30, 2026
IZZY LEE
508 Chung King Road
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Photo courtesy @joshschaedel
Design courtesy @simonviii
After a year in Los Angeles, we’re ready to make it official: North Loop is now IZZY LEE. We’re proud of our Williamstown roots and North Loop years, and excited for this next chapter. Our program continues: close collaborations with artists we believe in, and an ongoing dialogue between LA and the Northeast. An exciting show announcement and more to come soon!
Design by @simonviii
Beverly Acha’s pastel drawings are a parallel body of work to the paintings in “Circular Ruins,” sharing a rich palette, recurring forms, and dynamic compositions. Worked with dry pigment pressed directly onto paper, these small drawings offer a more immediate and intimate space for exploration. Message us for pricing❣️
Beverly Acha
Series of new pastels, 2026
Pastel on paper
Images courtesy Josh Schaedel
Beverly Acha | Circular Ruins
On view through May 30
The gallery is open from 12-5 today❣️ stop by to see Beverly Acha’s solo show, “Circular Ruins,” on view through May 30.
detail
Beverly Acha
circular ruins (infinity loop, time machine), 2026
Oil on linen
51 x 118 in.
All images courtesy Josh Schaedel
“espirales o flores, tal vez (spirals or flowers, maybe?)” Acha’s forms hold more than one reading at once—a spiral is also a flower, a clock face is also a moon, conjuring the way feeling and perception layer in a single moment.
Beverly Acha | Circular Ruins
On view through May 30
Images courtesy Josh Schaedel
Beverly Acha
mariposa, tal vez? [butterfly, maybe?], 2025
Pastel on paper
20 x 16 in. framed, 16 x 12 in. unframed
Beverly Acha
espirales o flores, tal vez? [spirals or flowers, maybe?], 2025
Pastel on paper
20 x 16 in. framed, 16 x 12 in. unframed
Beverly Acha
eternal time (broken clock IV), 2026
Oil on linen
8 x 10 in.
Image courtesy Josh Schaedel
“Circular Ruins” is on view at 508 Chung King Road through May 30. Message us for an exhibition price list.
“Circular Ruins” is on view at IZZY LEE through May 30. Stop by to see Brooklyn-based painter Beverly Acha’s LA debut! Message us or email [email protected] for an exhibition price list.
Beverly Acha
skywatchers (lunar time), 2026
Oil on linen
67 x 59 in.
Images courtesy Josh Schaedel
The gallery is open from 12-5 today and tomorrow. Stop by to see Beverly Acha’s LA debut❣️
Beverly Acha
Circular Ruins
April 17 - May 30
IZZY LEE
508 Chung King Road
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Image courtesy Josh Schaedel
Acha’s “Circular Ruins” began with this group of small paintings—the “broken clock” series. Each opens to the viewer through a clock face: springs unwind, hands drift, the mechanism comes apart. Acha’s fantastical visual language evokes timelines alongside our human one—celestial, eternal, dream—as real as the one we live by.
The gallery is open Thursday-Saturday from 12-5 and “Circular Ruins” is on view through May 30.
Individual artworks:
Beverly Acha
quiet time (broken clock III), 2026
Oil on linen
8 x 10 in.
Beverly Acha
celestial time (broken clock VI), 2026
Oil on linen
8 x 10 in.
Images courtesy Josh Schaedel
“Echoes of time (Cunningham Pond Swims),” 2019–2026, was started during Beverly Acha’s first fellowship at MacDowell, the historic artist residency in Peterborough, New Hampshire, where she took daily swims in Cunningham Pond, a nearby swimming hole. Acha set the painting aside for several years and picked it up again during her second MacDowell fellowship. Returning to the pond—and the painting—last summer, she realized she had been unknowingly painting the light and movement of the water all along.
Stop by until 5PM today to see Beverly Acha’s LA debut, “Circular Ruins,” on view through May 30.
Beverly Acha
echoes of time (Cunningham Pond swims)
2019-2026
Oil on linen
40 x 48 in.
Images courtesy Josh Schaedel
Come see Beverly Acha’s “Circular Ruins” today through Saturday from 12-5!
Beverly Acha
time keeper (time maker), 2023-2026
Oil on linen
22 x 20 in.
Image courtesy @joshschaedel
Beverly Acha’s “Circular Ruins” is on view this Thursday through Saturday from 12-5❣️message with questions or for a price list.
IZZY LEE
508 Chung King Road
Los Angeles, CA
Photo courtesy Josh Schaedel
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