Ebony G. Patterson in La Biennale di Venezia 2026

Hales is proud to announce that Ebony G. Patterson has been invited to the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia by Koyo Kouoh. The exhibition, In Minor Keys, will be on view from 9 May through 22 November, 2026.

 

"In Minor Keys stands as a collective score composed together with artists who have built universes of imagination," wrote Koyo Kouoh in her curatorial statement, "Artists who work at the boundaries of form, and whose practices can be thought of as intricate melodies to be heard both collectively and on their own terms. These are artists whose practices seamlessly bleed into society."

 

Ebony G. Patterson (b. 1981 Kingston, Jamaica) lives and works in Kingston, Jamaica and Chicago, IL, USA. Patterson's expansive practice addresses visibility and invisibility, through explorations of class, race, gender, youth culture, pageantry and acts of violence in the context of "postcolonial" spaces. With the strong sensibility of a painter, Patterson works across multiple media - including tapestry, photography, video, sculpture, drawing and installation - united by her consistent visual language and intention. Each work is intricately embellished and densely layered, in order to draw the viewer closer and to question how we engage in the act of looking.