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Mike Kelley GALLERY
Mike Kelley was a world-renowned artist, but also a dear friend of Beyond Baroque. Many of his earliest performances and exhibitions were held in our space. Throughout his life, he remained among our most generous supporters. Our gallery was named in his honor, as a gesture of gratitude and memorial, after his death.
EXHIBITIONS
Víctor Mortales: Language is a Place
January 17 – March 7, 2026
Reception: Saturday, January 17, from 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Performance:
Thursday, February 19, 7:30 PM
Language is a Place is a solo exhibition by Oaxaca-based visual artist Víctor Mortales. Language is a Place exists at the intersection of literature and visual art, asking how language functions as both a bridge and a gap between inner thought and lived experience. The exhibition takes its conceptual starting point from the book Language is a Place: 14 Voices that Change Language to Explore Literature and Life in Different Contexts a publication that gathers reflections by writers who explore the conditions, transformations, and possibilities of language across cultures and identities.
Víctor Mortales (born 1985, Oaxaca, México) is a visual artist with a background in linguistics whose site-specific practice examines the ephemeral nature of creative processes and the relationships between space, language, and materiality. He has studied at the Academia de San Carlos, the International Center of Photography, Centro de la Imagen, and Centro de las Artes de San Agustín.
Full Press Release here.
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday-Thursday 2-6:00 p.m. by appointment
Friday and Saturday 12-6:00 p.m. open
Exhibition Archive
East of Western: Close Ups of Charles Bukowski by Joan Ganny
October 11 - December 20, 2025
Seven
Lorraine Bubar, June Edmonds, Linda King, Robin Mitchell, Pam Posey, Fran Siegel & Jody Zellen
April 12 - July 26, 2025
Ansel Krut
26 Random Words Arranged Alphabetically with 26 Unrelated Images
February 1 - April 5, 2025
Byron Baker & Will Alexander
Anonymous Steller Ravines vol 1.
October 12 - December 14, 2024
Cut Out
June 22 - September 29, 2024
Vincent Johnson: 17 Place Vendôme
May 4 - June 15, 2024
Gilah Yelin Hirsch
Radiance: Murmurations and Emanations
March 17 – April 28, 2024
Bob Branaman: Horizons
November 11, 2023 - March 2, 2024
Where Has All the (affordable) Housing Gone?
September 17 - November 4, 2023
One Sings The Other Dances
An exhibition by Renee Petropoulos and Benjamin Weissman
March 18 – August 5, 2023
Los Angeles: Now & Then
January 14 - March 4, 2023
Tony Cokes: So to speak
February 10 - February 19, 2023
1¢ LIFE
October 8 - December 17, 2022
Telepathic Evanescences: collaborative artworks by Will Alexander and Byron Baker
June 17 - August 6, 2022
7x7.LA: Selected Artist & Writer Collaborations
March 19 - May 28, 2022
Found / Made
Deborah Aschheim, Jan Blair, York Chang, Sam Durant, Tm Gratkowski, Kathleen Henderson
Stas Orlovski, Camilla Taylor, HK Zamani and Jody Zellen
October - November, 2021
Paulina Peavy: Etherian Channeler
Curated by Laura Whitcomb of Label Curatorial
June 1 - August 14, 2021
Only a Few Yards Away:
A Virtual Exhibit of Photography,
Paintings & Collage
Holaday Mason & Celeste Goyer
wall texts by James Cushing
April 5 - May 28, 2021
Floating Worlds
Spring 2020
Layered Beyond: An Augmented Reality Exhibition
February 9 - March 15, 2020
January 17 – March 7, 2026
Reception: Saturday, January 17, from 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Performance: Thursday, February 19, 7:30 PM
Language is a Place is a solo exhibition by Oaxaca-based visual artist Víctor Mortales. Language is a Place exists at the intersection of literature and visual art, asking how language functions as both a bridge and a gap between inner thought and lived experience. The exhibition takes its conceptual starting point from the book Language is a Place: 14 Voices that Change Language to Explore Literature and Life in Different Contexts a publication that gathers reflections by writers who explore the conditions, transformations, and possibilities of language across cultures and identities.
Víctor Mortales (born 1985, Oaxaca, México) is a visual artist with a background in linguistics whose site-specific practice examines the ephemeral nature of creative processes and the relationships between space, language, and materiality. He has studied at the Academia de San Carlos, the International Center of Photography, Centro de la Imagen, and Centro de las Artes de San Agustín.
Full Press Release here.
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday-Thursday 2-6:00 p.m. by appointment
Friday and Saturday 12-6:00 p.m. open