Forest Park Contemporary Art Gallery

About the Gallery

Our gallery is dedicated to showing a diverse range of work from contemporary artists throughout the region. We strive to educate our students and community about the expansive possibilities of work in a variety of media including two-dimensional, three-dimensional, as well as time-based work in video, sound and performance. We also host an exhibition of student work every year.

Current Exhibit

Jeremy Lampe: Linksus

Linksus is a glass installation that is composed interlocking links, forming a continuous structure that moves across space like a living organism. Each link is a fragment, fragile yet resilient, that echos the complexity of human relationships. When joined together, they create a network that speaks to the strength found in connection. The work explores movement not only as a physical gesture but as a metaphor for the fluidity of human interaction. Light refracts through the glass, casting shifting patterns that change with perspective, reminding us that relationships are dynamic, never static. The installation invites viewers to consider how individual actions ripple through a collective whole, shaping and reshaping the bonds that hold us together. By using glass, a material that embodies both vulnerability and permanence, I aim to reflect the delicate balance of intimacy and distance, tension and harmony, that defines our shared existence.

The opening reception is on Friday, January 23 from 6 to 8 p.m. It is free and open to the public. The exhibition will be on view until February 19.

Previous Exhibits

Annual Faculty Exhibition

A group exhibition showcasing the work of the visual art faculty at the Forest Park campus.

Image by David A. Moore

Kreher Williams Research & Development is Data Driven

This is a collaborative exhibition by Jamie Kreher and Brett Williams. Kreher Williams R&D works in the interstitial zone between the academic and the vernacular, between rigorously constructed conceptual frameworks and the everyday aesthetics of personal photographs, found objects, and rudimentary technologies. Their data consists of field recordings - photographic, video, and audio - collected during site visits that range from wilderness landscapes to doctor’s waiting rooms. These findings are housed in an “expanded archive” that blends archival furniture and institutional props with altered readymades. The resulting installations mimic and subvert the visual language of the archive, evoking scientific research environments while remaining resolutely subjective.

Kayla Bailey: What Is Missing And What Remains

This is a solo exhibition by St. Louis-based artist, Kayla Bailey. Kayla explores inspiration from mental illness, grief and community with the use of fiber, ceramics and wood. The work focuses on finding and embracing the beauty of being broken and the journey to put the pieces back together.