Uncool GalleryUncool Gallery
Every open call season,
a solo show
and nine featured artists
/ summer solo exhibition slot has been awarded to:
Jessica Caldas, with Iris Wang and Xinhan Yú as alternates.
/ special thanks to our patrons:
Benjamin Gibson
Shirley Moneyhon
Michan Pour-Azar
Your support directly funds artist stipend and visibility.
New Call
is now open for applications.
/presented artist: Jessica Caldas
This site-specific installation makes use of the ephemera of the artist’s grandparents’ lives. Using the memoirs of their grandfather, which he spent years writing before he died, and the miscellaneous objects of his life with the artist’s grandmother, this work incorporates their photos, letters, documents, and household items to construct a layered portrait of memory, intimacy, and inheritance. The installation transforms these personal archives into an evolving environment where private histories become collective meditations on love, loss, migration, and the persistence of family narratives. Over time, the work expands through research, conversation, and participation, inviting visitors to witness how remembrance itself becomes a living material.
I am so grateful to @carolpaz and the @uncoolgallery team for the opportunity they provided – a space where they welcomed an experimental project from me without a clear outcome. Although this work and family research is something I’ve been passionate about for some time, I have rarely been given the gift of space to dive into it without immediate concerns of production. Uncool Gallery gave me a chance to take a really solid step forward with the work and I am so excited about the conversations I had in that space with artists, friends, and visitors alike.
I encourage other artists to look into what Uncool Artist is doing – their model is one I support and they have many other opportunities for artists live now.
Jessica Caldas — selected artist for the Summer 2025 solo show.
Thank you to the 54 applicants who shared their proposals with us.
Veronica’s Veil, 2023.
PLA plastic, latex, monitor, video (looping)
54 x 24 x 32 in
“Bleach, staple, and cleanse your way to an optimized anal cavity”, 2023.
PLA plastic, sequins, latex mask, acupuncture needles
60 inch x 23 inch x 7 in
Holy Wounds Never Heal, 2025.
Oil paint and silver gilding on wood panel
16 X 15 X 1.75 in
Night Bathers, 2025.
Oil paint on wood panel
15.5 X 11.5 X 1.75 in
The Knight of Flowers, A Soft and Sweet Blade, 2024.
Oil paint and oil pastel with metallic pigment on canvas
48 X 78 X 2.5 in
The Invitation, 2024.
Watercolor, pastel, and gold leaf on rag paper
28.5 X 22.5 in
Fallen Angel, 2022.
Pastel on fine grit sandpaper
16 X 12 in
Grass Will Grow, 2025.
Water-mixable oil on paper
12x17x1 in
Fleur-de-lis, 2025.
Sculptural Collage: Styrofoam, Fresco, Deconstructed Rocking
Chair, Found Objects, Cinder Blocks and Paper
80 x 62 x 8 in
When reality is forged by our greed, misery paves a path tochaos., 2025.
oil, taglmaker, oil sticks and plasterfigure, on canvas
165 x 150cm
“gone insane from the pain they surely know”, 2025.
oil, tag marker, oilsticks and spraypaint on canvas
216 x 216cm
The Death of Hector, 2023.
Oil on canvas
70 x 72 in
After Eden I, 2023.
Oil on canvas
72 x 72 in
After Eden II, Fratricide, 2024.
Oil on canvas
72 x 60 in
After Eden VI, The Flood, 2024.
Oil on canvas
72 x 72 in
After Eden V, The Witnesses, 2024.
Oil on canvas
96 x 72 in
Tziporrah, 2024.
ink on paper with sealant, sewing pins, mirrors, velvet ribbon
23 x 19 x 4 in
Bernini, 2025.
acrylic on wood with sealant, pins, tassel, and velvet
18 x 13 in
Mark 2, 2024.
acrylic on wood with sealant and pins
11 x 18 in
Que Rico!, 2025.
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 80 cm
Star Crush, 2025.
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 80 cm