This group exhibition features 45 local artists working in their common medium: ceramics. The wellspring of ideas in Creature Comforts convey feelings of kinship, care, reverence, and appreciation for the non-human animals in all of our lives. Each artist articulates the various human-animal relationships they hold dear through intimate portraits, meditations, and tributes, lovingly shaped with the tactile material of clay. It may be a songbird outside of a window, a hare spotted during a hike, a school of fish lapping across a pond, a pollinator on the stamen of a flower, or a four-legged friend that greets us at the door after a long day –– our rhythms, and those of the creatures surrounding us, are inextricably linked. In a time of accelerated displacement for many species, including our own, we hope to highlight the multiple shapes and forms of mutualistic symbiosis in our midst. 

The exhibiting artists are as follows:
A.B. Lim, Ali Gibbons, Ampapatshara Kudeesrisopa Moo, Andrea Bichan, Carol Appah, Caroline Curtin, Cicek “Cheech” Neftci, Cor Garcia-Held, Daniel Haidermota, Dave Zackin, Diedre Brown, Ester Kwon, Genevieve Geller, Genna Schwartz, Hannah Cooper, Hannah Salyer, Jane Yi, Janet Carter, Jennifer Calandra, Jesse Patrone-Werdiger, Jessica Ayala, Judith Foster, Julia Czaja, Julia van Hoogstraten, Julissa Llosa Vite, Kira McBride, Lilian Wu, Linda Littlefield, Maggie Boyd, Melissa Weiss, Michele Xiaoyun Fan, Minna Randolph, Nelli Toh, Nina Blass, Owen Lytle, Paul Distelzweig, Phaedra Mastrocola, Sabine Rosenstein, Samson Neary, Sara Shaw, Sasha Hill, Tamar Eckstein, Tiana Tucker, Tiffany Saw, Wren Macdonald

The exhibition is accompanied by an artist book, designed by Tiana Tucker, for sale at NAILS SALON. Creature Comforts will be on display at NAILS SALON, located at 563A 5th Ave, Brooklyn from May 29th - June 1, 2025. The gallery will be open 12-6PM daily for the duration of the show. For more information, contact: hello@gasworksnyc.com.