When
October 23, 2025 | 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
What
Unchained.Art Contemporary Gallery opens new downtown gallery with bold inaugural exhibition ‘between us’
The gallery celebrates a major milestone this fall with the opening of its new permanent home — a 1926 Beaux-Arts landmark in Austin’s historic district. Originally built as a Masonic lodge and now shared with creative organizations like the Fallout Theater, the building anchors a community rooted in dialogue, culture, and independent voices.
The inaugural exhibition, between us, sets the tone for this next chapter. The exhibition explores intimacy and contrast — between two artists, materials, and the act of seeing and being seen.
Each artist in their own moment. Danish artist Ditte Sørensen, known as Madstitch, brings her visceral collages of stitched fabric, paper, and unexpected materials. Her pieces vibrate with emotion — tactile, layered, and fearless — reflecting a meteoric rise that includes international gallery representation, a waiting list for originals, and the 2025 BAA Best Art Award for Textile Art.
Austin painter Via Boley, a recent Frick Arts Foundation award recipient, counters with reflective, fractured canvases that question perception and power. Using mirror-like surfaces and vibrant palettes, she transforms the gaze itself into her subject — a dialogue between viewer and viewed.
Together, Sørensen and Boley create a space between us — immediate yet contemplative, playful yet psychological — where difference becomes the source of resonance.
Learn MoreWhere
Unchained.Art Contemporary gallery
311 W. 7th St, #307 Austin, TX 78701