Derek Berry, Shannon Sandwell, Diana Silla, Cindy Soler, Eira McIntosh, Winston Li, 
Carmen Mahave, Hye Weon Park 

Party Barge asks: What do we carry with us as we move through the world? What parts of ourselves are shaped by where we have been, who we have encountered, and the spaces we create together? 

Party Barge brings together the work of eight artists who each navigate the shifting conditions of identity, perception, and belonging. Through personal histories, embodied experiences, and emotional landscapes, the artists reflect on the ways we construct and reconstruct ourselves. 

Like a vessel in motion, identity is never still. It changes with every encounter, memory, and relationship we collect along the way. Party Barge becomes a shared space for these crossings, where discomfort and joy, isolation and connection, vulnerability and transformation can exist together. 

This exhibition invites us aboard a collective journey through the unpredictable waters of becoming, where each passenger carries their own story while contributing to the larger experience of being together. 

Curators 
Morgan Mavis & Tibi Neuspiel 

 

Image: Shannon Sandwell, Sentimental Attachment, 2025

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