Dama Gallery is pleased to present Before the Fall, a group exhibition featuring artists working across photography, painting, collage, portraiture, landscape, abstraction, and geometric form. This exhibition examines the fragile interdependence between nature, humanity, and the systems we construct to survive within it.
- March 21- May 17
- Opening Reception: Saturday, March 21, 6–8 pm
- Dama Gallery, 1793 E Main St, 93001
Before the Fall reflects on a collective sense of suspension, an awareness that balance is never guaranteed and that harmony, once disrupted, can unravel quickly. The works in the exhibition explore moments of connection and fracture, where ecosystems, civilizations, and individuals intersect. Rather than presenting collapse as spectacle, the exhibition lingers in the tension that precedes it: the quiet instability, the warning signs and the unresolved questions.
- Represented Artists
– Sara Koenig
– Janet Milhomme
– Edgar Takoyaki
– Lynne Deutch
Visiting Artists
– Malachi Arthur
– Gretchen Beck
– Michael Fritschi
– Kellianne Jordan
– Shawn Marshall
– Elizabeth Washburn
Through varied visual languages and materials, the artists address the relationship between people and place, structure and vulnerability. Landscapes become psychological terrain; portraits suggest shared responsibility; abstract and geometric forms echo systems both natural and man-made. Together, these works create a layered narrative that underscores how deeply entwined all life remains.
While conceptually rigorous, Before the Fall is grounded in accessibility. The exhibition invites viewers to recognize themselves in the work, reflecting on stewardship, coexistence, and the consequences of imbalance. It asks not only what may be lost, but also what might still be preserved through awareness and care. www.damagallery.com.
