Friday, May 2-Saturday, May 31

16 W. North Ave., Currency Studio, Club Car, Motor House, Mobtown Ballroom & Café

Gallery Hours:

16 W. North Ave: Friday 5-8pm, Saturday 12-3pm

Currency Studio: Thursday – Friday 1-5pm; Saturday 12-3pm

Motor House: Thursday – Saturday 6-10pm; Monday & Wednesday 6pm-12am

Club Car: Friday -Saturday 6pm-1am; Sunday 5-10pm

Mobtown Ballroom & Café: Monday – Friday 8am-3pm, plus Monday 7-11pm and Friday 7-11:30pm

EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS features the work of 25 artists of the APIMEDA diaspora who live and create in the Baltimore and the DMV area. The exhibition title is a sardonic nod to what the phrase “exceeds expectations” triggers across the APIMEDA community while also showcasing works that transgress inherent preconceptions of artworks expected to be seen at an AAPI exhibition during AAPI heritage month.

The artists selected for this exhibition create spectacularly audacious artworks using their chosen medium and independent visual languages. Through their stylistic choices, humor, subject matter, and more, their artworks visually deviate from all stereotyped cliches within traditional cultural art settings. In addition, this year’s Asia North exhibition exceeds the scope of our previous Asia North exhibitions by taking place in more locations in unexpected ways from Motor House to spaces throughout North Avenue Market.

To honor the Charles North neighborhood’s ongoing transformation from a historic Koreatown to a diverse arts district, the exhibit also includes research from AA&CC’s Greater Baltimore Asian Community History Project.

Guest curated by Phaan Howng with Nerissa Paglinauan.

Featured Artists:

Reed Bmore, Thea Canlas, Neil Chatterjee, Cindy Cheng, Sejong Cho, YunKyoung Cho, Sutton Demlong, Ameena Fareeda, Taha Heydari, Tae Hwang, Kei Ito, Zara Kahan, Gaeun Kim, Wednesday Kim, Andrew Liang, Yefu Liu, Katherine Mann, Audrey Naiva, Nova Pan, Sookkyung Park, Emon Sirakitkoson, Clipber Tran, Thiang Uk, Stephanie J. Williams, and Lite Zhang.