Past
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Where We Meet
Celebrating One Year of GW Contemporary 23 Jul - 1 Nov 2026 Marking the first anniversary of GW Contemporary, Where We Meet brings together the artists who have shaped the gallery's inaugural year alongside new voices that signal its future. Featuring artists from Australia, Europe, and across the United States, the exhibition reflects a program grounded in international perspectives, material experimentation, and... Read more -
New Perspectives
12 Apr - 1 Jul 2026 As the season shifts, GW Contemporary enters a new chapter with the expansion of the gallery into the full space at 305 North Coast Highway in Laguna Beach. New Perspectives reflects both a physical and curatorial evolution—bringing together a selection of artists whose practices engage with materiality, abstraction, perception, and... Read more -
Will Cooke
As the Sun Lights Our Skin 21 Feb - 12 Apr 2026 GW Contemporary is pleased to present As the Sun Lights Our Skin , the debut U.S. solo exhibition by Australian artist Will Cooke, and his first with the gallery. The exhibition presents a new body of paintings exploring the physical and emotional presence of sunlight. Rather than depicting light directly,... Read more -
The Space Between
First Light, Last Light 22 Oct - 14 Dec 2025 The Space Between: First Light, Last Light brings together ten artists whose works explore the threshold between night and day. Conceived around the liminal hours between dusk and dawn, the exhibition moves through darkness, shadow, and reflection into moments of color and quiet illumination. From Mara De Luca’s atmospheric abstractions... Read more
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Nobuhito Nishigawara
Mantra 1 Oct - 9 Nov 2025 GW Contemporary is proud to present Mantra , a solo exhibition of new sculptures by Nobuhito Nishigawara (b. 1974, Nagoya, Japan; lives and works in Southern California). Known for his intuitive, materially driven practice, Nishigawara creates ceramic works that hold both vulnerability and strength, impermanence and continuity. This exhibition marks... Read more -
Lucent Ground
Contemporary Perspectives on Abstraction 20 Jul - 5 Oct 2025 GW Contemporary is pleased to present Lucent Ground: Contemporary Perspectives on Abstraction , the gallery’s inaugural exhibition, on view from July 20 through October 5, 2025. Curated by gallery founder Genevieve Williams, the exhibition brings together eleven international artists whose practices engage materiality and perception in deeply considered, often unexpected... Read more
