UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

Upcoming Exhibitions

March 7 – 29, 2026

Esha Sadr
Absence of Us

Absence of Us is an interdisciplinary, long-term project that transforms used garments into narratives of memory, identity, and resilience. Esha Sadr reconsiders clothing not merely as a consumer product, but as a second skin—objects that carry personal histories and traces of absent bodies. The exhibition explores her experience as an immigrant, present in the U.S. while absent from her home country.

The work unfolds in four parts. A large hand-sewn installation forms a human-geographical map of garments donated by immigrants. Mixed-media sculptural works on canvas preserve fabrics in resin, bronze, gold leaf, and orchid flowers. A circle of raw materials invites visitors to contribute garments for future transformation. Video works layer participants’ voices, connecting intimate stories to broader narratives of migration, displacement, and social freedoms.

Through Absence of Us, viewers are invited to reflect on what we carry, what we leave behind, and what endures, transforming everyday clothing into lasting monuments of memory and identity.

 


Natasha Sachdeva
Moments of Transition

In a deeply personal inquiry, Moments of Transition unveils Natasha Sachdeva’s layered engagement with the realities of growing up and living within a middle-class family in New Delhi, India. What begins as an inward process of self-discovery and introspection gradually expands into a broader commentary on the ways in which society defines, regulates, and confines women’s bodies—situated within a South Asian context, yet resonant on a universal scale. Her figures—often voluminous, unposed, distorted, and unapologetically raw—challenge conventional ideals of beauty and grace, dismantling ingrained expectations of restraint, decorum, and conformity. Through these forms, the artist asserts an unequivocal right to joy, sensuality, and self-expression at every stage of a woman’s life.

As the works question tradition, expectation, and autonomy, they also probe the cultural codes that shape gendered experience. Natasha situates her practice within a collective framework, drawing inspiration from mothers, friends, and fellow artists whose everyday negotiations of identity, agency, and belonging mirror and amplify her own.


Abol Bahadori
Hybrid Baroque

We view the world through our eyes, limited by a narrow color spectrum and depth of vision. But what if we had compound eyes like insects, sonar like dolphins, and used other senses to enhance our vision? In his exhibition Hybrid Baroque, Bahadori explores new sensoria by abstracting and recomposing elements of nature, architectural structures, and human figures. 

Inspired by Western Baroque architecture and music, and the rich traditions of Eastern miniatures, the works in this exhibition combine grandeur and movement to evoke a feeling of awe by blending abstract color fields with recognizable elements. Bahadori invites the viewers to visualize the world through a prism of broken objects and grids. 

I am a lens-based artist living in Washington, D.C. working in the areas of documentary, portrait, travel, and "freestyle" photography. Using an intuitive approach, I search for images that resonate, for moments of synchronicity in everyday life. My work focuses on those odd juxtapositions of elements that are connected not so much by logic or reason but rather by a deeper intrinsic meaning. Because this approach relies on unconscious triggers, my photographs often are richly symbolic, though their meaning is not immediately clear (at least not to me). For me, this is the essence of photography: capturing an image that resonates and then, over the course of months or years, figuring out why.



Prescott Moore Lassman has been pursuing photography seriously since college, when he took a summer school class with acclaimed street photographer Thomas Roma. Since then, he’s studied at the International Center for Photography and Photoworks at Glen Echo with many wonderful teachers, including Karen Keating, Patricia Voulgaris, and the late Tico Herrera.

Lassman has a masters degree in philosophy and wrote his thesis on Jungian symbolism and psychology, which he incorporates into his photographic practice. Indeed, he views his photographic approach as a cross between a sporting event and a psychological expedition, always searching for those Jungian moments of synchronicity that have a message to communicate.  

Lassman’s work has been exhibited and published widely nationally and internationally. In addition, his work is included in the permanent collections of the DC Art Bank, the DC City Hall Art Collection, and the DC Library's People's Archive.


A Conversation with Prescott Lassman

Saturday, January 10, 2026, 1 pm

During our monthly “Second Saturday” program, Hillyer will host a conversation with Prescott Lassman and Shedrick Pelt, facilitated by Gia Harewood. The discussion will center on themes related to Lassman’s exhibition titled RESIST–photographs of individual and collective acts of resistance by ordinary people who are peacefully protesting against the spread of authoritarianism throughout the country.

Free to the public (a donation of $10 is suggested)

Free to the public. Reservations are not required ($10 donation is suggested)