Being/Seen
May 8th – Oct 26th, 2025
Victoria Gallery, 1st Floor & Cook Family Regional Gallery, 1st floor
Celebrating the work of 36 local Pittsburgh artists of color across 4 different modalities, our group exhibition, Being/Seen, invites audiences not only to explore what it means when Black art and history are erased or undervalued in the context of exhibitions, but also to reflect on the feelings that arise when Black art history is recognized, validated, and celebrated.
Acting as a bridge between the Pittsburgh arts community and the life, legacy, and works of John W. Rhoden, Being/Seen will also express ideas of form, figurative abstraction, spirituality, iconography, migration, and global Black identity. Inspired by Rhoden’s artistic legacy, this group exhibition urges audiences to consider how visibility and representation shape our connection to one another and can lead to collective joy and strength. Being/Seen will run concurrently with Determined to Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden.
- Gwendolyn Healy
- Dara Etienne
- James Richardson
- Marlon Eazywider
- Alexus Wright
- Tyler Belizaire
- Jordan Mikhal Bigelow
- Morgan Overton
- SpeciàlK
- Malayah
- Dominique Swift
- Rachel Saad
- Mahogany
- Kara Elyse Henderson
- Pamela Cooper
- Quaishawn
- Jauzzle R. France
- Mary Martin
- Juliandra Jones
- Tyler Watts
- Ashanté Josey
- Akudzwe Elsie Chiwa
- Charles Lyons
- Norman Brown
- Gabrielle Johnson
- Lynne Barrow
- Janet Watkins
- Amani Davis
- ROMII LINK
- Sasha Ifeoma Igwe
- Charlotte Ka
- Errol Reynolds
- Ruth Bedeian
- Rachel Stachelrodt
- Amber Epps
- Erin Douglass
- TaMara Howard
Free Tickets
Gallery Hours
Thursday: 3pm-6pm
Friday: 3pm-6pm
Saturday: 1pm-5pm
Sunday: 1pm-5pm
Co-curated by Quincy Kofi Swatson (Founder, Kofi Collections) and Tacumba Turner (Founder, The Future is Black) and organized by Caleb A. Smith, Curatorial Fellow for the August Wilson African American Cultural Center.
