Out of Bounds

Out of Bounds is a group exhibition presented by Hamiltonian Artists and The Kreeger Museum. It brings together work by seven Hamiltonian Artists alumni across painting, photography, sculpture, video, and installation, examining how artists question, cross, and redraw established artistic and social boundaries.

The exhibition takes its title from the language of sport, referring to the space beyond the limits of play. Its works consider the rules and expectations that shape creative practice and society, as well as who has the authority to define and enforce those boundaries. The exhibition invites visitors to reflect on the possibilities that emerge through disruption, experimentation, spontaneity, and risk.

The alumni artists’ work is shown alongside selected contemporary pieces from The Kreeger Museum’s permanent collection by Sam Gilliam, Frank Stella, Simmie Knox, and William Christenberry. The exhibition connects these artists through their challenges to conventional methods, rigid geometries, traditional approaches to painting, and established ideas of figuration and representation.

When: October 15–December 31, 2026

Venue: The Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW, Washington, D.C. 20007

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

Collection Artists: Sam Gilliam, Frank Stella, Simmie Knox, and William Christenberry

Media: Painting, photography, sculpture, video, and installation

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

Presented By: Hamiltonian Artists and The Kreeger Museum

Program: The exhibition is presented through The Collaborative, a Kreeger Museum program established in 2021 to support Washington-area artists.

Photography: Vivian Marie Doering

Tickets: Price not available