favorite pieces: the artist’s edit

Unchained.Art Contemporary Gallery presents ‘favorite pieces: the artist’s edit’, the gallery’s annual invitational exhibition celebrating three years in Austin.

In this exhibition, each artist presents one self-selected work they consider essential to their practice. Removed from external framing, the selection becomes personal and direct. Rather than a traditional survey, the exhibition offers a concentrated view into what each artist believes holds weight within their body of work.

Spanning painting and sculpture, the exhibition reflects the evolving scope of the gallery’s program. Long-standing collaborators appear alongside newly introduced voices, creating a layered dialogue across material, gesture, and perspective. The result is expansive yet deliberate, unified by the act of selection itself.

Austin-based artist Via Boley reflects on the process: “Choosing a favorite piece required me to step outside the usual rhythm of the studio and look back across my practice. Each work is a fragment of where I was at that moment and evidence of what I had yet to understand.”

Boley’s selected work, Impermanent:, marks a turning point in her practice, signaling her transition from observational imagery toward a more abstract visual language.

The exhibition opens March 26 with a reception from 5-8 PM. Additional artist events and conversations will take place throughout the exhibition.