Your Birth is My Birth
Jane Lombard Gallery•May 01, 2026 — Jun 13, 2026
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Jane Lombard Gallery is pleased to present Your Birth is My Birth, the first exhibition at the gallery by the collaborative duo Merryn Omotayo Alaka and Sam Frésquez. Building upon their ongoing series, Hairland, this new body of immersive sculptural work collectively chronicles a speculative ecosystem in which evolution stems from Kanekalon Hair.
Transforming the gallery into a conservatory, the works look to the natural world to explore physical sensations of intimacy, familiarity, and otherness. The exhibition marks the artists’ New York debut, and will be on view at Jane Lombard Gallery from May 1st – June 13th, 2026, with an opening reception on Friday, May 1st from 6 – 8 PM.
Influenced by epiphytes: non-parasitic plants, such as many orchids, bromeliads, and mosses, the collective body of work stems from a botanical fiction. Developing within the framework of what Omotayo Alaka and Frésquez refer to as the Kanekalon forest, the artists’ have centered this exhibition on five main…
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Your Birth is My Birth
Jane Lombard Gallery•May 01, 2026 — Jun 13, 2026
Press Release
Jane Lombard Gallery is pleased to present Your Birth is My Birth, the first exhibition at the gallery by the collaborative duo Merryn Omotayo Alaka and Sam Frésquez. Building upon their ongoing series, Hairland, this new body of immersive sculptural work collectively chronicles a speculative ecosystem in which evolution stems from Kanekalon Hair.
Transforming the gallery into a conservatory, the works look to the natural world to explore physical sensations of intimacy, familiarity, and otherness. The exhibition marks the artists’ New York debut, and will be on view at Jane Lombard Gallery from May 1st – June 13th, 2026, with an opening reception on Friday, May 1st from 6 – 8 PM.
Influenced by epiphytes: non-parasitic plants, such as many orchids, bromeliads, and mosses, the collective body of work stems from a botanical fiction. Developing within the framework of what Omotayo Alaka and Frésquez refer to as the Kanekalon forest, the artists’ have centered this exhibition on five main…
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