Image: Kreeger Museum, Washington
‘Out of Bounds’ will be on view at The Kreeger Museum from October 15 through December 31, 2026, in a presentation by Hamiltonian Artists and The Kreeger Museum featuring the work of seven Hamiltonian Artists Alumni: Selin Balci, Larry W. Cook, Joyce Yu-Jean Lee, Christie Neptune, Allison Spence, Kyle Tata, and Jing (Ellen) Xu. The exhibition is curated by Anisa Olufemi, Hamiltonian Artists’ director of programs and curator, and is presented under The Collaborative, a program developed by The Kreeger Museum in 2021 to support Washington-area artists.
Borrowed from the language of sport, the title ‘Out of Bounds’ refers to the space beyond the limits of play; figuratively, the phrase can describe actions, ideas, or behaviors that go against accepted rules or expectations. Working across painting, photo, sculpture, video, and installation, the artists presented in the exhibition consider what it means to question, cross, or redraw established boundaries. The Hamiltonian alumni bring a similar spirit of ingenuity to anti-disciplinary practices that experiment with materials and challenge conventions of figuration and representation.
The Hamiltonian alumni’s work will be exhibited alongside selected contemporary works from The Kreeger Museum’s permanent collection, including works by Sam Gilliam, Frank Stella, Simmie Knox, and William Christenberry. Each of these artists was an iconoclast in their day, rejecting rigid geometries and traditional methods of paint application while pushing the limits of fine art mediums and subject matter.
Christie Neptune is represented by ‘Light Years Apart,’ a web-based interactive film made between 2021 and 2025. Larry W. Cook is represented by ‘Tradewinds,’ a 2023 mixed-media work.
