Group Exhibition 'Love and Friendship' at Afternoon Projects, Vancouver
Afternoon Projects in Vancouver is hosting 'Love and Friendship,' a collective exhibition that includes artists Daša Kulikova, Megan Mi-Ai Lee, Pam Lins, Marc Matchak, Mary Osunlana, Helen Shu, and Lucia Zezza. This exhibition delves into themes of connection, displacement, and materiality. Kulikova, a painter from Belarus, received her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2026 and currently teaches at VCU Arts. Lee, who was born in Los Angeles in 1996, investigates fantasy within popular culture and has exhibitions planned for 2025 and 2026. Lins, an MFA graduate from 1995, serves as Interim Director at Princeton. Matchak, born in 1993, showcased his work in a solo exhibition in Vienna in 2026. Osunlana, born in Nigeria in 1998, is an MFA candidate at Columbia. Shu graduated from Vassar in 2019, while Zezza is pursuing her MFA at Rutgers from 2026 to 2028.
Key facts
- Group exhibition 'Love and Friendship' at Afternoon Projects, Vancouver
- Features artists: Daša Kulikova, Megan Mi-Ai Lee, Pam Lins, Marc Matchak, Mary Osunlana, Helen Shu, Lucia Zezza
- Daša Kulikova earned MFA from VCU as Fulbright scholar in 2026, teaches at VCU Arts
- Megan Mi-Ai Lee had solo shows at Tiffany's, Afternoon Projects, IAH, Room 3557
- Megan Mi-Ai Lee received NYFA Fellowship for sculpture in 2026
- Pam Lins co-founded Ceramics Club with Trisha Baga in 2007
- Ceramics Club will partner with White Columns for benefit in November 2025
- Pam Lins is Interim Director of Visual Arts Program at Princeton University
- Marc Matchak's recent solo exhibition 'With Attachments' at Shore Gallery, Vienna (2026)
- Mary Osunlana is MFA candidate at Columbia University
- Lucia Zezza is pursuing MFA at Rutgers Mason Gross (2026-2028)
Entities
Artists
- Daša Kulikova
- Megan Mi-Ai Lee
- Pam Lins
- Marc Matchak
- Mary Osunlana
- Helen Shu
- Lucia Zezza
- Trisha Baga
- Park McArthur
Institutions
- Afternoon Projects
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Belarusian State Academy of Arts
- Tiffany's
- IAH
- Room 3557
- Sawhorse
- BANK/Mab Society
- Astor Weeks
- Pumice Raft
- White Columns
- The Godwin-Ternbach Museum
- Art Lot
- Ox-Bow School of Art
- Storm King Art Center
- Smack Mellon
- Abrons Art Center
- New York Foundation for the Arts
- Cooper Union School of Art
- Hunter College
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
- Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
- Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University
- The Tang Museum
- The Suburban
- Brooklyn Museum
- CCS Bard Galleries
- Artists Space
- Socrates Sculpture Park
- KAJE
- Whitney Biennial
- Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
- Anonymous Was A Woman Award
- Brown University Howard Foundation
- John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
- Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
- Harvard University
- Ceramics Club
- Shore Gallery
- Rumpelstiltskin
- Triest
- Galerie Christine Mayer
- University of Pennsylvania
- Columbia University
- Vassar College
- Damien & the Love Guru
- Ailsa
- Rutgers Mason Gross
Locations
- Vancouver
- Richmond, VA
- Minsk
- Belarus
- Los Angeles
- Seoul
- Chicago
- New York
- Toronto
- Queens
- Brooklyn
- Saugatuck
- Ridgefield, CT
- Detroit, MI
- Princeton, NJ
- Saratoga Springs, NY
- Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
- Vienna
- Austria
- Munich
- Ibadan
- Nigeria
- Shanghai
- China
- Brussels