Where Are The Wild Things?
J.A Feng / Gary Kachadourian / Alison Kudlow
Nov 7th - Years End, 2026
Opening reception Nov 7th 4-7 pm, 2026
Roundabouts Now is howling to present Where Are The Wild Things? a three person exhibition featuring new work by J. A Feng, Gary Kachadourian and Alison Kudlow.
Where Are The Wild Things? brings together three artists who each present unique interpretations of the natural world that border the edges of the possible. The juxtaposition of each artists’ respective speculative visions creates a new and surreal environment within the idiosyncratic gallery space of Roundabouts Now - a highly mediated forest where surprising creatures can be discovered in unexpected places.
In a rare showing, Gary Kachadourian comes out of retirement to create a new version of one of his forest installations, covering the entirety of the floors and walls with digitally altered pencil drawings of the woods rendered in painstakingly assembled xeroxes printed at the local Woodstock public library. His large-scale, wallpaper-like installation Forest sets the scene for contemplation and discovery. Kachadourian’s black and white xeroxes become an environment for paintings by J. A Feng, portals of bright color that draw the viewer into wild and gorgeous scenes. Feng’s paintings shift in scale as one approaches them, as though looking into the lens of a microscope. At first glance, large abstract shapes appear, but upon close inspection, these shapes morph into entire mini-dramas that unfold within hidden parts of the work. Simultaneously referential to abstract painting and illuminated manuscripts, Feng’s virtuosity as a painter shines through the longer the viewer lingers. Populating the forest floor of the gallery are glowing and gnarled ceramic and clay and glass sculptures by Alison Kudlow. These bud-like illuminated plants reference vestiges of spinal columns, anthropomorphic gestures that bring it all home. Glass oozes - impossibly mobile even in its fixed state. The tactile nature of clay evokes a witchy magic of creatures formed unnaturally, conjuring the delight of discovering something new and beautiful in an alien world.
J.A Feng (b. 1982, Champaign, IL) received her MFA from Boston University (2015) and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2016). Recent solo exhibitions include: 12.26, Dallas, TX (2025 and 2023), Candice Madey, New York, NY (2024), and Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles (2022). Recent 2-person or group exhibitions include Candice Madey, New York, NY (2025), My Pet Ram, New York, NY, (2025), DC Moore, New York, NY (2023); Nathalie Karg, New York, NY (2022); Eric Firestone Gallery, New York, NY (2022); Harkawik, New York, NY (2022); Tops Gallery, Memphis, TN (2022) and North Loop, Williamstown, MA (2022). In 2021, Feng was an Artist in Residence at the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program in Brooklyn, New York. Feng has also received fellowships from NYSCA/NYFA (2021); Shandaken Paint School (2020) and NARS Foundation (2017). Feng currently lives and works in Germantown, NY.
Gary Kachadourian lives in Lanesville, NY where he operates Lanesville Press.
Alison Kudlow (b. 1981) lives and works in Brooklyn. She earned a BA from the University of Southern California, a post-baccalaureate degree from Brandeis University and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Studio Art. She has shown at galleries including Asya Geisberg, Swivel, Parent Company, Field Projects, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, UrbanGlass, Underdonk, and at Fullerton College in California and Hunter College in New York. She presented a solo show at Elijah Wheat Showroom’s Brooklyn location in 2019. She was an invited resident at the Art Ichol Center in Maihar, Madhya Pradesh, India in January 2023. She had a solo show, Defensive Strategies for Tender Objects, at Deanna Evans Projects in Spring of 2024. Her work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, New York Magazine, BOMB Magazine, Impulse Magazine, and ArtSpiel.