Out of Bounds

Out of Bounds is a group exhibition presented by The Kreeger Museum and Hamiltonian Artists, featuring work by Hamiltonian alumni Selin Balci, Larry W. Cook, Joyce Yu-Jean Lee, Christie Neptune, Allison Spence, Kyle Tata, and Jing (Ellen) Xu. Working across painting, photography, sculpture, video, and installation, the artists explore what happens when people question, cross, or redraw established boundaries.

The exhibition takes its title from the language of sport, where “out of bounds” marks the area beyond the limits of play. The featured artists consider boundaries as rules and structures that can both include and exclude, asking who has the authority to define and enforce them and what new possibilities emerge through disruption, spontaneity, and risk. Their work is shown alongside selected pieces from The Kreeger Museum’s permanent collection by Sam Gilliam, Frank Stella, Simmie Knox, and William Christenberry, artists recognized for challenging conventional approaches to geometry, materials, figuration, representation, and subject matter.

When: October 15–December 30, 2026

Venue: Hamiltonian Artists

Artists: Selin Balci, Larry W. Cook, Joyce Yu-Jean Lee, Christie Neptune, Allison Spence, Kyle Tata, and Jing (Ellen) Xu

Additional artists: Selected works from The Kreeger Museum’s permanent collection by Sam Gilliam, Frank Stella, Simmie Knox, and William Christenberry

Curator: Anisa Olufemi, director of programs and curator at Hamiltonian Artists

Exhibition context: Out of Bounds is presented through The Collaborative, a program established by The Kreeger Museum in 2021 to support artists in the Washington area.

Artist backgrounds: Selin Balci is an interdisciplinary artist based in Annapolis, Maryland, with degrees from the University of Maryland, West Virginia University, and Istanbul University. Larry W. Cook is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and archivist based in Laurel, Maryland, and an associate professor of art and photography at Howard University. Joyce Yu-Jean Lee is a transnational Taiwanese-Chinese American visual artist based in New York and an associate professor of foundation at Pratt Institute; she is also the 2027 HighSmith Distinguished Visiting Scholar at UNC Asheville. Christie Neptune is an artist-researcher based in Brooklyn who studied at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning and Fordham University. Allison Spence is based in Indiana and holds an MFA from the University of California, San Diego, along with degrees from the University of Florida. Kyle Tata is based in Los Angeles and earned degrees from the Maryland Institute College of Art and the University of California, Los Angeles. Jing (Ellen) Xu is a multidisciplinary artist based in Queens, New York, with degrees from the University of Washington and Xiamen University.

Program: An artist talk is scheduled for Saturday, November 14, from 3–4 p.m.

Tickets: Price not available