Marquez Art Projects

Don’t miss the final day to experience Kat Lyons: Full Earth, on view at Marquez Art Projects through tomorrow, May 16.

In her first U.S. solo institutional exhibition, Kat Lyons presents a suite of newly commissioned paintings exploring the layered ecosystems of Florida and the Everglades—where, as writes in The Art Newspaper, “Full Earth ultimately collapses time and taxonomy, melding the Everglades with the human histories that press upon the ecosystem.”

Through this lens, the work considers how the region’s material and symbolic roles shape our understanding of progress and environmental change.

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Installation photography by Oriol Tarridas.

In Kat Lyons’s painting Trinity Trace, the artist vividly renders an ecosystem brimming with life, movement, and unseen exchanges between a dragonfly, frog, and snake, illuminating the flow of energy and interdependence among species. Rather than a simple food chain, the work suggests a continuous exchange—an intricate choreography of survival, transformation, and balance. This cycle unfolds at the base of a tree, where the tongues of each creature entwine, forming a striking visual metaphor for connection and reciprocity within the natural world.

The exhibition’s title, “Full Earth,” expresses themes of abundance and connection, as well as the perseverance of nature.

“Kat Lyons, Full Earth,” the artist’s first institutional solo presentation, is on view at Marquez Art Projects until May 16.

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Featured: Kat Lyons, Trinity Trace, 2025, Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in.

The vibrant, cartoon-infused universe of Kenny Scharf (born 1958, Los Angeles, California) bursts with neon color, playful chaos, and retro-futuristic energy. After moving to New York to study at the School of Visual Arts, Scharf became embedded in the city’s Downtown scene, alongside artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, where he began creating work that extended beyond traditional gallery spaces. He became known for painting on unconventional surfaces—everything from discarded objects to club interiors—and for organizing immersive, party-like installations. This laid the foundation for his signature style: dynamic figures rooted in a mix of pop culture, graffiti, and communal experience.

From the Marquez Family Collection, and currently on view at Marquez Art Projects: Kenny Scharf, Anti-Gravity Land, 1984, Oil and spray paint on canvas, 84 x 60 1/8 in.

In Double Country, Lyons presents a haunting convergence of nature and industry, where a white-tailed deer stands in the foreground, its antlers ensnared in the branches of an uprooted tree. In the distance, twin plumes of smoke rise on the horizon: one born of industrial activity, the other from a volcanic eruption, collapsing the divide between human-made and natural catastrophe.

Created within her exhibition Full Earth, Lyon’s work suggests that animals are essential to material culture, and her recourse to history highlights the dangers of the ongoing destruction of wildlife.

“Kat Lyons, Full Earth,” the artist’s first institutional solo presentation, is on view at Marquez Art Projects.

Reserve your free appointment in the link in bio.

Featured: Kat Lyons, Double Country, 2025, Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in.