UPCOMING/CURRENT EXHIBIT

Khalil Allaik
John Mortensen

BODY : VOID

March 28 through April 25, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 28th, 6 to 9 pm
All welcome. Refreshments served.

Join us for our next exhibit, "Body : Void", works by Khalil Allaik and John Mortensen, two Lehigh Valley Artists who use sculpture and multimedia to  address various aspects of both the physical and spiritual world as well as the duality and irony of their coexistence.  

“All the stories about the universe—the stars, the void, other dimensions, other worlds, black holes, galaxies—the distance of light. I have searched for some way that I might see it all. How, in this short life, can I travel throughout this huge and limitless universe? I close my eyes. I dive within. I realize that the inner space is deep and infinite. There, inside, I travel. My artwork presents views I have captured in my travels through cities that I have built in the cavities of my mind. For me, the Void is a very flexible creature. It allows us to move through it easily, without resistance. My work is the dialogue between these two limitless universes, one within and one beyond. It is the dialogue between Matter and the Void." - Khalil Allaik

“My practice engages a range of mediums including collage, sculpture and ceramics to explore the intersections of nature, emotion, society and culture. Working across materials allows me to investigate how physical form, texture and spatial relationship can communicate layered meanings and reflect the complexitites of contemporary life.

My work is informed by personal experience and the environments that shape every day perception. I am interested in how culture and social structures influence our understanding of the natural world and our emotional relationships to it. Through process of assembling, shaping and recontexturalizing materials, I create works that question familiar narratives and invite alternative readings of environment and identity…. I construct visual spaces where tension and connection coexist, creating sites of inquiry encouraging viewers to reflect on their own relationship to nature and culture…”
- John Mortensen