Through the Wormhole
ARTISTS
Emory Hall, Athena Paola, Bryanna Alysa Phimphachanh
ON VIEW
January 24-February 7, 2026
SUMMARY
Known Studio is pleased to present Through the Wormhole, a multi-media exhibition featuring Los Angeles–based artists Emory Hall, Athena Paola, and Bryanna Phimphachanh. The show grapples with themes of gender spheres, memory, ancestry, and spirituality, while simultaneously exploring the aesthetic of femininity across different contexts and mediums.
Emory Hall’s sculptural structures exist at the intersection of utility and fantasy, negotiating between the masculine and feminine. Working with traditionally “masculine” materials, Hall subverts their rigid form through structures that emphasize fluidity and imperfection. By exploring gender identity through these contradictions, her pieces suggest both support and potential, leaving their function and meaning open to the viewer’s interpretation.
Athena Paola’s artisanal objects bridge the past and present, shaped by her Guatemalan heritage and relationship to land. Working across ceramics, beadwork, metal, and drawing, Paola returns to Indigenous making traditions grounded in care, repetition, and intention—processes that hold memory within their gestures. Her work treats making as a form of devotion, reclaiming decorative and spiritual practices not as remnants of history, but as living forms that continue to evolve within a contemporary landscape.
Bryanna Phimphachanh’s desaturated, hazy paintings reflect the elusive nature of memory, investigating how a sense of longing shapes our reconstruction of the past. With titles referencing poetry by Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath, Phimphachanh’s depictions of intimate, quiet moments grapple with an absent presence.
Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, January 24 from 7-10PM at 3520 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90018.
