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THEODORA ALLEN: GERM

February 6th – March 30th, 2024

Kasmin is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Los Angeles-based artist Theodora Allen opening in Mexico City on February 6, 2024. Through a visual language rooted in emblematic, esoteric, and personal sources, Allen creates ciphers for narratives both eternal and intimate. In Theodora Allen: Germ, the duality inherent to acts of becoming is explored through representations of seedlings, armor, and celestial geometry. Central to each painting is an idea, the “germ,” captured in a phase of transmutation that reflects generative cycles of symbols and nature. The exhibition opens concurrently with Zona Maco, and will inaugurate Casa Siza, a gallery and residence designed by Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza, whose stylistic approach to ‘poetic modernism’ is activated across two main galleries of the space.

ABOUT THEODORA ALLEN 

Theodora Allen (b.1985, Los Angeles, CA) holds an MFA in painting from the University of California, Los Angeles, CA, a BFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, and has completed a residency at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME. Recent solo exhibitions include Huset for Kunst & Design, Holstebro, Denmark (2023); Driehaus Museum, Chicago, IL (2022); and the Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark (2021). The artist’s first monograph, Theodora Allen: Saturnine, by Stephanie Cristello was published in 2021 by Motto Books. She is represented by Kasmin, New York, BLUM, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo, and 12.26, Dallas. This exhibition marks the artist’s first solo presentation in Mexico.

ABOUT KASMIN GALLERY 

Kasmin was founded in New York in 1989 and today represents over forty internationally renowned artists and estates. Placing the work of leading contemporary artists in dialogue with that of historic 20th-century figures, our program reveals throughlines between practices that span multiple generations and disciplines. Kasmin has built a reputation for unwavering support of its artists’ visions, nurturing the careers of eminent contemporary artists and advocating for the enduring relevance of historical work through the representation of their Estates and Foundations. More recently, Kasmin has expanded its range of activities to include the provision of arts education in partnership with local organizations, while encouraging critical discourse through our publishing programs, Kasmin Books and The Kasmin Review.