CURRENT Exhibition

The Overview Effect

Curated by Dennis Nance
Exhibition Dates: November 13th to 22nd, 2026
Artist Reception: Friday, November 13, 7-10 pm, 2025
Austin Studio Tour Participant: November 14-15, 21-22, 11am-5pm

The Overview Effect
Curated by Dennis Nance
Exhibition Dates: November 13th to 22nd, 2026
Artist Reception: Friday, November 13, 7-10 pm, 2025
Austin Studio Tour Participant: November 14-15, 21-22, 11am-5pm

ICOSA presents The Overview Effect, a juried group exhibition curated by Dennis Nance. Pulled from the orbit of an open call, the works in the exhibition propose a constellation of ideas, materials, and processes. The artists in the exhibition find connections through personal histories, offer new perspectives on our current moment, and ask questions that may not have answers. The title of the exhibition, The Overview Effect, is a term popularized by author and space philosopher Frank White to describe the experience of astronauts seeing Earth from space and is borrowed from the research of artist Laura J. Lawson. This cognitive shift parallels the sense of awe and wonder sometimes experienced looking out at a vast natural landscape, shifting our understanding of connections between individuals and a larger understanding of our world. Parallel to this effect, this collection of works proposes opportunities to disrupt our habitual ways of seeing through observation, discovery, and the potential for new paths of understanding.

Featured artists: Eric Acuña, Megan Baker, Lindsay Barras, Olivia Kristina Bell, Matthew Bourbon, Dario Salvatore Bucheli, Lauren Janelle Butler, John Dickinson, Cindy Elizabeth, Sean Michael Gaulager, Meg Griffiths, Kelsey Hughes, Jessica Lambert, Laura J. Lawson, Mathew McIntyre, Hope Mora, Zezelia Olson, Dana Perrotti, Seth Prestwood, Hilary Rochow, S Rodriguez, Andew Sakamoto, Lynn Wilkes Armstrong, and DM Witman

About the Curator:

Dennis Nance is an artist and curator from Houston, Texas. He was appointed as Curator for the Galveston Arts Center in 2016 where he organizes exhibitions featuring work by contemporary artists from Texas and the Gulf Coast region. From 2007 to 2016, Nance was Exhibitions & Programming Director for Lawndale Art Center in Houston, Texas, where he worked extensively with local and regional artists through exhibitions and the Lawndale Artist Studio Program. Nance is a past member of the Artist Advisory Board for DiverseWorks and BOX 13 ArtSpace artist board member. He is a practicing artist and has been awarded grants for his work from the Houston Arts Alliance and an Idea Fund Award, administered through Aurora Picture Show, DiverseWorks Artspace and Project Row Houses and funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. His work has been included in exhibitions at the Art Lab at the Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston; the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston; Webb Gallery; The Brandon; BOX13 ArtSpace; and the Menil Collection bookstore. He received his BA from Austin College in Sherman, TX with a concentration in Fine Arts and French.

The Overview Effect
Curated by Dennis Nance
Exhibition Dates: November 13th to 22nd, 2026
Artist Reception: Friday, November 13, 7-10 pm, 2026
Austin Studio Tour Participant: November 14-15, 21-22, 11am-5pm
Meet and greet with Curator: Nov. 22nd 5pm
Gallery Hours: Fridays & Saturdays 12-6 pm or by appointment

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