04.29 2026
Dan Angel, Kate Ferencz, Lauren Poor
May 1st – 29th 2026
Opening Reception: Friday May 1st 2026 6-10pm
Space1026 is proud to present Angels to Some, a group exhibition of ceramics and drawings by Dan Angel, Kate Ferencz and Lauren Poor. Each of these artists alludes to other worldly creatures in their work that seem to occupy a space between realities, with ambiguous intentions toward us.
Starting from photographs of ephemeral and delicate foam sculptures, Dan Angel’s detailed conte crayon drawings document the equally monstrous and humorous visages revealed as these structures shift between states of matter and inevitably collapse. His process is slow and methodological, the drawings built up of countless added and subtracted layers of crayon dust in a herculean effort to make solid and permanent the airy and amorphous.
Kate Ferencz has chosen to depict the divine in an urgent and visionary manner. Using ink and shimmering graphite pencil, spontaneous expressionist marks are scrawled across a prolific number and variety of notebook paper types. Beings are depicted with inhuman flexibility, morphing between animal and angelic bodies. Twisting fingers create alien sign gestures. Sometimes the drawings are even roughly torn out directly from spiral books, conveying the impression that these fleeting visions and messages must be transcribed with utmost haste with whatever materials are nearby before they are lost forever.
Lauren Poor communicates presence through absence. Her ceramics of whimsical architectural marvels could be seen as buildings for miniature invisible beings, or models for enormous landmarks yet to be realized. Conceptualized as the buildings of the fictional city of Asobibapolis, a place where play and imagination are prioritized in how things are made, these denizens are given character through the many winding stairways, secret gardens, and hidden alcoves where they can sit and dream that are seen throughout the metropolis.
Just like the elusive creatures alluded to in their artworks, each of these artists have maintained secretive long running studio practices that are rarely shared with the general public. Space1026 is proud to bring these works to the light.
Space1026
844 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia PA
image :
Lauren Poor, Moon Lovers Mansion, 2025
electric fired ceramic, 21 x 12 x 6.5 in.