Ramekon O’Arwisters: Schism

Following the successful 2024-2025 solo exhibition of HOUSE OF at Craft Contemporary Museum in Los Angeles we’re excited and honored to present SCHISM, Ramekon O’Arwisters’ first one-person exhibition at PATRICIA SWEETOW GALLERY in DTLA!

SCHISM, by definition, is a fracture, division, disharmony in beliefs or rules by which we live and understand relationships, politics, religion, community. The choice of SCHISM as a title is not so much a reflection of discord within O’Arwisters but an acknowledgement of chaotic shifts and swings in predictability and safety. Targeting, overreach, and coded responses are not new to Black Americans; finding ways to navigate between the hazards is the theme of the upcoming exhibition, a watery ground of coded abstraction. On view in the exhibition will be the artists’ iconic sculpture, Black on Black; tapestries from the Bound in Black series; selections from their B&W self-portraits; and new textile sculptures!

The exhibition promises to be breathtaking and groundbreaking!!