Pharmaco/Liberation Exhibition

GALLERY HOURS

11 AM-5 PM

Wednesdays| Fridays| Saturdays

709 N Howard St, Baltimore, MD, 21201

Join Making Space Bmore for our open gallery hours of our current show, Pharmaco/Liberation.
Pharmaco/Liberation is a group exhibition curated by Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) Curatorial Practice MFA candidate Juan T. Garcia. Artists Jorge Bordello, Mae Howard, Holland Houdek, Lohitha Kethu, Jess Keyes, Ellie Krakow and René Treviño examine healthcare through clinical themes and medical materials directly—pills, implants, biometric feedback, and diagnostic imaging. Across the gallery, visitors encounter objects and images that treat the body not as a passive subject of medicine, but as an active site where questions of access, authority, and resistance play out in material terms.

The show closes with a reception on May 29 from 5–8 PM. Admission is free.

The exhibition features painting, textiles, sculpture, video, and sound by seven artists, with public programming in partnership with Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition and Alfred Lacks Carter Jr.

ARTISTS

Jorge Bordello—Tlaxcala

Mae Howard—New York

Holland Houdek—Rochester

Lohitha Kethu—Baltimore

Jess Keyes—Baltimore

Ellie Krakow—New York

René Treviño—Baltimore

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING

Friday, April 17 | 6:30 – 8:30 PM Patien(t/ce), Performance by Jess Keyes

Saturday, April 18 | 1:00 – 3:00 PM Harm Reduction & Wound Care Training, hosted by Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition

Saturday, May 9 | 2:00 – 3:30 PM Panel Discussion: Alfred Lacks Carter Jr. with invited voices

Thursday, May 14 | 5:00 – 7:30 PM Bromo Artwalk Harm Reduction Training, hosted by Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition, Patien(t/ce), Performance by Jess Keyes

Friday, May 29 | 5:00 – 8:00 PM Closing Reception, Catalogue Available

We cannot wait to gather with you.

ABOUT THE CURATOR

Juan T. Garcia is a curator and educator working at the intersection of the health humanities and contemporary art. He holds a BS in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is a candidate for an MFA in Curatorial Practice at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA); he also studies at Johns Hopkins University as a visiting student. Pharmaco/Liberation is presented as a culmination of Garcia’s inquiry into curation as tactical biopolitics, and as a potent means of intervening in the contemporary governance of life.

CONTACT

For inquiries, please contact Juan T. Garcia: [email protected]

EVENT ACCESSIBILITY:

• MSB is on the ground level and the space is accessible by a ramp.
• Bathrooms are wheelchair accessible and gender neutral
• Masks encouraged

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Feature Photo: Work by Jorge Bordello

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