VALVOLINE #6 (for Deb), 2026, ceramic, custom ceramic decals, luster, 16 x 8 x 7 in
I’ve been working on some new pieces for a show at @candelabooksandgallery . Here is one of the new pieces of 6. The exhibition opens May 1st and runs through June 20th. It is titled Parallel Projection and along with the 6 new works will include 21+ past works some never shown before.
If you missed last week, make sure to come by this weekend to see this amazing trio.
Second Glance
Sydney Kleinrock, Nick Lenker, Molly Burt Westvig
October 3 - October 26, 2025
Hours: Sat-Sun from 2-6 PM
Together, these artists propose alternative ways of seeing—fragmented, layered, and nonlinear—revealing how meaning emerges from the tension between what is visible, what is felt, and what is imagined. The artists in Second Glance consider how objects hold memory, mediate perception, and become vessels for reflection, resistance, and reimagination.
This Friday!
Second Glance
Sydney Kleinrock, Nick Lenker, Molly Burt Westvig
October 3 - October 26, 2025
First Friday: October 3, 2025, 6-9 PM
Hours: Sat-Sun from 2-6 PM
This October, Grizzly Grizzly presents S
RELIANT K, 2025, ceramic, custom ceramic decals, luster, 18 x 9.25 x 7h inches
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Go see RELIANT K at @atla_works in the exhibit titled Error Code a two-person exhibition with Shun Okada @oka_un on view through June 8, 2025.
TORTOISE (Rockalina), 2025, ceramic, custom ceramic decals, luster, 21 x 15.5 x 12 inches.
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Go and see TORTOISE and other works at @atla_works in Los Angeles in the exhibition titled Error Code: Nick Lenker & Shun Okada, open through June 8, 2025.
HERMES SANDALS, 2024, ceramic, custom ceramic decals, luster, 16 x 5 x 8 (each) inches
Come out and see some new work and a bunch of people @thegalleriesatmoore tonight 5-7pm.
Price Lists & Placements puts the business of art forward and features a broad range of vibrant, colorful, and exceptional works by Philadelphia-based artists whose compelling visual language/s inspire thought-provoking conversation. The exhibition provides a platform for local creators to sell their work in a large-format, curated presentation that resembles an art fair, but remains on view for months and allows space for public programming centered around artist-as-entrepreneur advocacy. Each participant in Price Lists & Placements was selected for their unique perspective and remarkable vision—their combined studio practices are reflective of proficiency that’s been honed through experimentation and a perpetual desire to explore curiosity.
A percentage of each Price Lists & Placements sale will benefit need-based opportunities for students looking to enroll in Moore’s youth art programs.
Artists in the exhibition include Madeleine Conover, Corinna Cowles, Nick Lenker, Julia Policastro, Matthew Raghunauth, Zekey Thomas, Jon Weary, and Mitch Wiesen.
LANTERN, 2024, (collab with Zach Astor), ceramic, custom ceramic decals, luster, glass, 8 x 8 x 13 inches.
This piece was a collab with @zach.astor who did the custom glass work.
Dropping this off @thegalleriesatmoore today to join the other 9 new works for their next group exhibition opening next Friday 10/4 from 5-7 pm. The show is titled Price Lists & Placements and will include work by friends @juliapolicastro and @rag.knot among others.
Nick Lenker (@nicklenker ) draws from video games to make ceramic sculptures that seem to have jumped right out of a pixelated computer screen into real life. On episode 515 of the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler we talk about his process of building with slabs before applying custom decals, investigating memory through subject matter, and how Philadelphia has shaped his creative life. #brickyardnetwork #contemporaryceramics #sculpture
