The Barn Gallery’s upcoming exhibition Residue of Ritual is a two-person show featuring works by artists Tana Quincy Arcega and Michael Ryan. The exhibition opens with a reception from 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 14 with local wine and light refreshments. The Gibson House will also be open to the public during the event.
In Residue of Ritual, Quincy Arcega and Ryan curate a spectacle of objects and images culled from the endless deposits of residual materials resulting from our accelerated growth economy. Their visual commentary angles on the cultural mindset of mass production and waste as well as the vast array of ritualistic systems and customs that produce them.
Both artists share a visual language based in realism that journeys toward abstraction through mimicry, utilizing traditional art media and building materials to accomplish this end. With a fascination for textures, the artists bring to light the hidden materials that pervade our landscapes, from plastic packaging to fashion waste.
Quincy Arcega’s practice explores the immanent qualities of materials and processes. This body of work traverses sewing and extrusion painting using various media, including building materials and industrial textiles. Visual themes are self-referential to give value and attention to the innate qualities of the selected humble materials. Quincy Arcega’s unique history is interwoven with concepts of care, manifested by her (re)use of remnant textiles, garment patterns, and seemingly delicate found objects. Born in Nebraska, the artist grew up learning to sew and emulate patterns in her mother’s fabric store, a material-based background that fuses with her formal art training in figurative painting and sculpture.
Ryan’s practice engages the expansive range of manufacturing by-products and packaging, and how these vessels and cavities inform and transform our natural and architectural environments. Working with a mixture of traditional media as well as architectural building materials, Ryan concocts compositions and forms contextualizing the spaces and environments we inhabit through the residue of ritual. Sculpted objects echo the historical artifacts fused with excavations of geological surveying. Imagery challenges the scope of depth perception through a mixture of trompe l’oeil and children’s pop-up books.
Residue of Ritual is on view at The Barn Gallery March 14 through May 23, 2026. Regular open hours of The Barn Gallery are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12-5 p.m. and Saturdays from 12-3 p.m.
The Barn Gallery and the Gibson House are located at 512 Gibson Road in Woodland. For more
information, visit www.yoloarts.org, or contact ya@yoloarts.org or 530-309-6464.
