June 26, 2026 6-9pm

SUPERIMPOSED: A Juried Exhibition of Collage | Opening Reception

Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
4318 Gallatin Street
Hyattsville, MD

When Pyramid asked for submissions for a show of collage art, over 200 artists answered the call with over 700 pieces of work. Artist-Jurors Carlos Hernandez, Shanna Strauss, and Chadwick Tolley carefully reviewed the submissions, ultimately accepting about 10% to craft a wide-ranging exhibition that explores the act of layering.

SUPERIMPOSED opens Friday, June 26, 2026 with a reception from 6 – 9 pm. The exhibition runs through August 9 in Pyramid’s Helen C. Frederick Gallery. Gallery hours are Wed & Thu, 10 – 8 pm and Fri – Sun, 10 – 6 pm. Pyramid is located at 4318 Gallatin Street, Hyattsville, Maryland 20781. For more information and an RSVP link, visit pyramidatlantic.org or call 301-608-9101.

“As a place that champions printmaking … we love layers!,” laughs Pyramid Atlantic Executive Director, Kate Taylor Davis. “We were hoping for submissions that spoke to our core disciplines of printmaking, papermaking, and book arts, while also pushing them in new directions. And we were not disappointed.”

While there are some traditional prints in the exhibition that use collaging to craft their imagery, the work has a lot of material exploration, including fabric, currency, thread, plant matter, stamps, lotto tickets, gum wrappers, and dictionary pages. These media are expertly collaged through methods such as printing, sewing, gluing, and screwing. Superimposed exemplifies how practices can converge and be enhanced by the art of collage.

Artists from across the country and parts of Europe were selected, including several who use Pyramid’s studios to make their work. Pyramid finds it exciting to bring together the work of local artists, some of whom make work in its studios, and those from farther afield. Hung together, there’s a dialogue created between the individual pieces as well as from wall to wall. In many ways the exhibition itself is a layering – one of lived experiences, geographic influences, and modes of expression.