DABSMYLA presents Garden Party

6:00-10:00 PM - Public

• Complimentary Entrance

Please note:

• Capacity Limit: Entry is subject to venue capacity
• No guarantees: An RSVP and complimentary entrance do not guarantee admission.
• Admittance: Guests will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Time limit: Guests will be asked to keep their gallery visit to 45 minutes or less to allow for an enjoyable experience for all!

DABSMYLA's exhibition, Garden Party, transforms LBMA Downtown into a fully immersive, interactive world that brings together paintings, ceramics, textile design, murals, animation, and an original soundscape.

Inspired by backyard gatherings in the artists’ Los Angeles neighborhood, the exhibition reflects on the sense of belonging born from close relationships and the ways artistic communities foster unity.

Garden Party celebrates friendship, creativity, and connection.

This exhibition is made possible with generous support from Adobe and RVCA Artist Network Program

Australian-born, LA-based artists Darren Mate and Emmelene Mate, known collectively as DABSMYLA, have been creating art together since the mid-2000s, building a vivid, ever-expanding universe where color, imagination, and the everyday collide. The married couple met in Melbourne before relocating to Los Angeles in 2009. What began with painting and murals has evolved into a multidisciplinary practice encompassing drawing, sculpture, design, and immersive installations that transform spaces into works of art.

At the heart of DABSMYLA’s practice is a creative relationship that defies conventional divisions of authorship. Working together on every aspect of their projects, the couple have developed an almost telepathic understanding of one another’s instincts. Their process is intuitive, spontaneous, and, by their own account, a little magical.

Their shared visual language draws on travel, nature, architecture, music, personal memories, and the small pleasures of everyday life. Their saturated palettes and playful compositions create a world of exuberant color and unexpected connections, evoking the visual pleasures of animation, illustration, and popular culture.

More than twenty years after their first collaboration in Melbourne, DABSMYLA continue to explore the possibilities of creating art. They transform galleries and other spaces into environments for physical exploration, inviting audiences to rediscover the familiar through a more playful, unexpected lens.

Suggested parking:

• City Place: Lot C, at 51 E 3rd St, Long Beach, CA 90802, offers 90 minutes of free parking. This lot is .25 miles from LBMA Downtown.
• AirGarage at 401 E 1st St., Long Beach, CA 90802, is a smaller lot where you must pay to park. This lot is .2 Miles from LBMA Downtown.