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Start: 2026-11-12T03:00:00-06:00
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Kate Gordon: Tender Terrain

November 14, 2026 – February 27, 2027Side Gallery

Step into a painted diorama at full scale, brought to life. Tender Terrain transforms the gallery into an immersive, kinetic dreamscape inspired by Mardi Gras culture in southern Louisiana. Larger-than-life court cards preside over the space — part playful, part imposing — pulling visitors into a world that feels somewhere between a parade and a fever dream.

About the Artist

Kate Gordon’s studio practice focuses on painting in the expanded field, sourcing inspiration from pop-up books, dioramas, and collage. The dream imagery that Gordon mines aims to capture the strangeness of the waking world, which is often not as logical as it might at first appear.Gordon has shown her paintings, collages, and video works nationally; exhibitions include a site-specific installation “Alligator Naps” at the Hilliard Art Museum, curation into the Weatherspoon Art Museum’s “Art on Paper” exhibition, and an invitation to create a public video installation at Block 2, a visual platform for new media artists in Raleigh, NC.

Most recent professional accomplishments include participation in Kolaj Institute’s Artist Residency in Scotland, curation into “Is This Too Much?”, a maximalist exhibition at Le Mieux Galleries, and inclusion in the “Louisiana Contemporary” exhibition at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.

Gordon currently holds the position of Associate Professor of Figure Drawing & Foundations at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She earned an M.F.A. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a B.F.A. from Pratt Institute.

Learn more about Kate Gordon