Weedman Design Partners is pleased to present “Everything, Everywhere, Now: The Built Present,” a survey of work by acclaimed artist Avantika Bawa.

Show Dates: Sep 6 - Oct 16

Gallery Hours: Fridays 12 - 4 (or by appointment)

Known for her rigorously minimal, architectural approach, Bawa’s practice moves fluidly between drawing, printmaking, and site-based experimentation. This exhibition brings together a curated selection of her works spanning the past several years, offering a glimpse into the evolution of her visual language.

A trained artist and educator, Bawa abstracts the built environment into refined formal expressions. Her work engages repetition, color, and spatial tension to reframe how we encounter site and structure. While Bawa is widely known for large-scale installations, this show emphasizes her intimate, works-on-paper and process-driven pieces—inviting close, thoughtful viewing.

“Everything Everywhere Now: The Built Present,” captures a process defined by precision and presence. Bawa’s works distill the monumental into the essential, where each piece operates as a quiet proposition about space, memory, and form.

This exhibition is a moment to pause and experience the power of observation.

BIOGRAPHY

Avantika Bawa is an artist and educator based in Portland, OR, and her hometown, New Delhi, India. Bawa has an MFA in Painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA in the same from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India.

She has participated in the Ucross, Skowhegan, MacDowell, Kochi Biennial Foundation, and Djerassi residencies among others. Noteworthy solo exhibits include shows at: The Portland Art Museum, Schneider Museum, Ashland, OR: Suyama Space, Seattle, WA, The Columbus Museum, GA, Saltworks Gallery, and the Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, GA: Nature Morte, and Gallery Maskara, India: Lazy Eye, Yucca Valley, CA; and Disjecta, Portland, OR. Large scale installations include, iterations of The Scaffold Series at Rann, Kutch, India (2019-20), Art Beyond, Ashland OR (2021) and The Sculpture Park, Jaipur, India (2024).

She is currently Professor of Fine Arts at Washington State University, Vancouver, WA.

Join us for the opening on September 6th from 4–8pm, with a live conversation with the artist at 5pm. Light bites and drinks will be served.

Learn more about Avantika’s work: https://www.avantikabawa.net/