Lou Haney Solo Exhibition
Lou Haney: *Window Dressing* is a solo exhibition of paintings and a new installation exploring nostalgia, pattern, color, domestic craft traditions, and the theatrical qualities of interior spaces. Haney’s densely layered compositions use bright colors, busy patterns, and exaggerated interiors to embrace the pleasures of nostalgia while also examining its connections to taste, consumption, trends, and the limits historically placed on women’s creativity within the home.
The exhibition’s installation uses oversized, handmade curtains to frame layers of imagery shifting between inside and outside. Suggesting both a window and a stage, the work heightens Haney’s interest in flatness and depth, organic and synthetic materials, and domestic space as a setting for performance and aspirational fantasy. The exhibition is part of MoCA Arlington’s SOLOS 2026 program, which since 1988 has presented solo exhibitions by Mid-Atlantic artists working at the forefront of contemporary art.
When: June 27–September 13, 2026
Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Experimental Gallery, lower level
Artist: Lou Haney
Works: The page features or depicts *Curtains!* (2026), *Dusk in the Wind* (2025), *Girls Just Want to Have Sun* (2023), *Golden Hour* (2026), and *Jet Set Go* (2024), along with installation views.
Background: Haney was born in Decatur, Alabama, earned a BA from Rhodes College and an MFA in Painting from Claremont Graduate University, and has held residencies at MacDowell, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She received an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Mississippi Art Commission in 2008. Her work has been shown in solo exhibitions in more than ten states and at Spring/Break Art Fair in New York in 2022, 2023, and 2025.
Artist Note: Based in Charlottesville, Virginia, Haney teaches Studio Art and Art History at Piedmont Virginia Community College, Sweet Briar College, and Charlottesville Middle School. Her practice examines the psychological dimensions of domesticity and the relationship between historical memory and contemporary life.
Related Program: Art After Hours takes place Saturday, June 27, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Wednesday–Sunday, 12:00–5:00 p.m., or by appointment
Tickets: Price not available
Ages: Not specified
Accessibility and Transit: The museum lists access via the Orange and Silver Metro lines at Virginia Square Station, as well as Metrobus A76 and ART Line 41.
Contact: MoCA Arlington, 3550 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201; (703) 248-6800