EXHIBITIONS - Art as a bridge. Community as the medium.
The Gallery ATX approaches curation differently. We don't start with a medium, a style, or a demographic — we start with a theme. A question worth sitting with. A tension worth exploring. Then we invite artists from across Austin's diverse creative communities to respond to it in their own voice, on their own terms.
The result is something you don't often find in a traditional gallery: rooms — and in our case, spaces — where different communities coexist, where a photographer from East Austin and a muralist from North Loop might show work side by side, connected not by background but by a shared inquiry. That's the connective tissue we're always building toward.
Our exhibitions are theme-first, community-forward, and built for access. Each exhibition partners with a local Austin business as host venue, rooting the work in the neighborhoods and communities it reflects.
Each exhibition is paired with a volume of Mujer Manifesto, our feminist zine, and a limited-edition merch collection — designed by a featured artist, chosen by the community. After each show, we open a community vote to select one artist's work to be produced as a limited run of wearables and goods. It's our way of extending the exhibition beyond the event, putting the art in people's hands, and creating a direct economic opportunity for the artist whose work resonates most.
current exhibition
"METAMORPHOSIS"
Our metamorphosis begins long before we notice it. The act of becoming happens in the quiet shifts–in the ways in which we soften or harden, when we leave or return, how we outgrow and rebuild. As time passes, we become something slightly, or entirely, new.
This exhibition invites work that explores the evolution of the self: subtle adjustments, those defining turning points, our conscious and unconscious reinventions that shape us. We want to see the change, the shedding, the stretching, the becoming.
METAMORPHOSIS explores the quiet changes, the abrupt turns, the shedding, the rebuilding, and everything in between. Artists were invited to delve into the evolution of the self and the continuous process of becoming. This issue explores internal shifts, changes in perspectives, the pang of leaving or returning, shedding old skin, and the continuous rebuilding of the self. Here are their metamorphoses.
Curated by Amarys Dejai
Featured artists:
Stephanie Suzanne, Ethan Isaiah, Lorraine Olaya, Georgina Castro, Sharon Coleangelo, Phbe GB, Izzie O'Brien, Gabrielle Clemente, Payton LaGrone, Valarie Gold, Maureen Flores, Alena Marie, Gra4Binu, Malika Assilamehoo, Linda Wu, Sarah Figueroa, Sharon Shelton
Group Exhibition at Moontower Cider Co., 1916 Tillery St, Austin, TX 78723, running July 28 – August 27, 2026, in partnership with Moontower Cider Co.
Past exhibitions
Past exhibitions
FERAL: Unruly, Ungovernable, Alive.
“To be feral is to reject domestication, to exist outside obedience, to reclaim instinct and rawness in a world that polishes the edges.” Group exhibition + zine release of Mujer Manifesto: FERAL on Saturday, August 16th, 2025 from 6–9 PM at Contracommon (12912 Hill Country Blvd f140, Bee Cave, TX). This is more than a show—it’s a reclamation. A howl. A gathering of artists and creators refusing to be tamed.
August 2025
the in-between: exploring the spaces where queer love, intimacy, and community grow.
Group show and zine launch presented by The Gallery ATX/Mujer Manifesto in partnership with Future Front Texas, celebrates the messy, powerful in-between — where identities shift, relationships bloom, and connection defies convention.
May 2025
November 2024Riot: Art As Resistance
The Gallery ATX presented “RIOT: Art as Resistance,” a celebration of the power of art as a tool for defiance and empowerment, featured in Big Medium's Austin Studio Tour. Inspired by the Riot Grrrl movement and its legacy, this group exhibition features artists confronting systemic oppression and advocating for justice through their work.
Erin carle: optical
Role call: A celebration of art and identity
The works of 25 talented Austin-based artists come together in this zine and exhibition, delving deep into the intersections of group and individual identities. Opening event held at Moontower Cider Company on August 17th from 6:00 - 9:00 PM.
August 2024Transcendent Reality: intersection between online existence and physical universe
In partnership with Future Front Texas, works from 15 artists will be on display: Serena Zam, ANDEWSAK art, Sydney Parks, Ms Cashmere, Kate Nuelle, Ysabel Garcia, Tay Hall, Kristine Fernandez, Sara Aleyce Roma, Cyn Resendiz, Erin Power, Damino, Turito, Victoria Morales Walter, and L. Dolphin Brown.
GOODTIMES
The "GOOD TIMES" Group Exhibition and Zine is a collaborative project that aims to visualize intersectional community and positive media representations, supporting the creative expression of marginalized populations. Tired of the narratives centered around trauma and tragedy, we are flipping the script and focusing on the beauty, love, and whimsical fun that fill the lives of women, nonbinary individuals, LGBTQIA+ community members, and BIPOC.
August 2023Rewon shimray: split
The Gallery ATX presents “Split”, a solo exhibition featuring the works of multidisciplinary artist Rewon Shimray. Rewon's surrealist art explores themes of identity, discrimination, grief, and deconstruction. Her work challenges viewers to reconsider seemingly regular truths and elements in their day-to-day lives. The exhibition features four series exploring a different facet of the artist's clashing identities as a biethnic Asian-American.
May 2023April 2024We were thrilled to be participating in Big Medium's Austin Studio Tour 2024 as stop #542! Our team curated an incredible solo exhibition, "Optical" by Erin Carle displayed at Moontower Cider Co from November 11th through December 10th. A surrealist painter, Erin Carle was inspired by the optical art movement throughout this body of work."Optical" addresses themes of inadequacy, consent, conformity, sexism, body standards, and other challenges women face in a world dominated by media and constant social interaction.
November 2023Rewon shimray: split
'Birthing Justice' as an exhibition seeks to provide a platform to empower marginalized voices to put forth artwork that explores intersectional feminist thought, action and lived experience in the fight for reproductive justice for all. The Gallery ATX aims to create a safe space and collaborative platform that visualizes activism, solidarity, and the fight for reproductive justice. We aspire to facilitate change and cultivate a space for open dialogue regarding reproductive justice, including the deconstructing of the gender binary as an organizing principle.
November 2022catie lewis: Places That I Carry
The Gallery ATX is proud to present "Places That I Carry", a solo exhibition featuring the works of Catie Lewis on display from May 15th - June 11th. Catie Lewis is a self-taught Filipino artist and muralist based in Austin, Texas specializing in realism oil paintings, minimalist line drawings, and custom murals for local businesses. Lewis' works are largely focused on the places she has been and loved, the people in her community, as well as her Filipino heritage that provides her with the endless opportunity to reinvent herself through art.
May 2022 transmutation
A group exhibition featuring art works inspired by the act of metamorphosis, renewal, and transformation. Featuring artworks by DeLoné Osby, Maggie Rapuano, Rossana Romero, and Christine Vanderkaap.
November 2021living mirrors
March 2022The Gallery ATX Presents: "Living Mirrors" an exhibition featuring artists J.C. Amorrortu, Shannon Purcell, Stuart Cameron, and Felipe Gomez as part of Big Medium's Austin Studio Tour. These selected works delve into universal archetypes and the collective consciousness examining themes of identity and connection. "Living Mirrors" implores viewers to take a look at their reflection and explore the tension between the Inner Self and Outer Self. Challenging the facades that dictate the social experience, Living Mirrors taps into the hidden trove of primordial drives shared throughout humanity in themes expressed historically through myths, dreams, religion, and in art.