Rivalry Projects

Rivalry Projects is thrilled to announce Sites of Encounter, the gallery’s first exhibition with Philadelphia-based artist Gabriel Martinez. Including new photographic works of cruising spaces across the US and abroad, Martinez creates fragmented Q***r landscapes that are imbued with anticipation and memorial.

Join us for the opening reception on Friday, June 26 from 5:00-9:00pm. Gabe will also give an artist talk and exhibition walk through on Saturday, June 27th at 11:00am. The exhibition will be on view until Friday, August 15. Stay tuned for more details as the exhibition approaches!

Image: Gabriel Martinez, Dunes, 2026, Silver gelatin print, 20 x 32 inch print, 22 x 34 inches framed

Kyla Kegler: The Last Whole Earth will be on view through Friday, June 19 ✨

“The earthy terracottas, the velvety blue water and sky colors, the slate stone colors, and the almost-invisible-on-raw-canvas fleshy neutrals are sensuous and soothing—I want to drink them in, smell, touch, and be enveloped by them. The drips of gold, neon, and glitter, and the whispers of pastel are little winks, a reminder of the absurd within the reveling. And the stains of shellac and oil, the defacement with crayon and chalk are signs of life.”

Images: Kyla Kegler: The Last Whole Earth, Rivalry Projects, May 1 - June 19, 2026


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Eben Haines (b.1990) creates paintings, sculptures, and installations that use familiar New England architectural forms to examine shelter, vulnerability, and the social systems that shape who is protected and who is exposed. Recent flood imagery in the work speaks both to the climate realities facing coastal cities like Boston and to the broader political violence and instability defining the present moment.

Eben Haines, This is an Announcement, 2025
Graphite on paper, beeswax, wood assemblage, limewash, acrylic, and galvanized steel
30 x 20.75 x 3.75 inches