Group Exhibition:  Tricky Collaboration

2026/03/18- 2026/04/05

Curator:  Anna Mikaela Ekstrand

Artists:
Bianca Abdi-Boragi, Claire Bendiner, Anoushka Bhalla, Cynthia Langyue Chen, Yi Chen, Wisteria Deng, Alexandria Deters, Mahsa R. Fard, Anna Sofie Jespersen, Munus Shih, Jia Sung, and Alina Yakirevitch. 


At Accent Sisters, four works and some associated documentation in the gallery explore contemporary artistic practice. Between March 14 and 15, twelve artists met in groups of three to create art together under pressure. During the process, they were pranked by their curator. The result? An experimental, unpredictable art-making process.


Anna Mikaela Ekstrand, a curator engaged in curatoring and research around feminist collaborative praxis, invited artists to participate. Before each group met, they attended a lecture where she spoke about how games have supported feminist political activism, how early childhood philosophies like Waldorf and Montessori have shaped education, and arts programs where intuition plays an important role. She isn’t sure what stuck, but hoped that the ideas would set the scene. Ekstrand shared each group’s trick during their individual meetings: “Let coin flips determine your work processes,” “Start over. Find and incorporate a cardboard box and a headstone. + Write an obituary,” “Claire has transformed into a Red Pill guy. What will the group do? Also get alcohol and do shots every time ASJ laughs,” “Write a love letter to someone unexpected. Make it Napoleonesque,” and “One of you is blinded for the rest of your art-making process. Do rock, paper, scissors to find out who. They will wear a blindfold. Document the process!” The four groups approached their tricks differently, some overcoming them as logistical hurdles, while others let them take a more generative role, guiding their practice. Most artists did not follow the prompt to precision—a testament to how artists often go their own way, not out of disregard, but as a strength. Deviation becomes part of the creative process, and these artists' perspectives help us better understand our reality..


Works in the exhibition explore intergenerational memory and history, the merger of digital and physical realities, casualties of war and imperialism, and the agency of the gaze.


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