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Originally conceived as a practical invention simply a means of getting from point A to point B, the automobile quickly transcended its utility. It became a space of reflection, escape, and projection. The act of driving, of sitting behind the wheel while in motion, offers a paradoxical blend of control and release. Over time, this experience has embedded itself deeply into our collective memory, shaping how we understand movement, independence, and even identity.
Within the art world, the car appears with striking frequency. It often takes on simplified, almost naive forms, boxy, reductive, symbolic, yet when seen together, these representations create a kind of visual harmony. The repetition of the automobile across artists and practices speaks to its enduring presence as both object and idea.
This exhibition explores the car not merely as a physical form, but as a vehicle for escapism. It examines how the automobile continues to surface in contemporary work as a conduit for nostalgia, longing, and imagined freedom, an enduring symbol of where we’ve been, and where we believe we might still go.
Red Earth Love Song By Isolina Minjeong
May 13th - May 16th, 2026
May 13th - May 16th, 2026
“Red Earth Love Song” by Isolina Minjeong features raw terracotta sculptures inspired by funerary traditions in ancient Korea and Peru. The works speak to protection, inheritance, and continuity grounded in the enduring power of red earth.
Red Earth Love Song
The series draws from funerary sculptures in ancient Korea and Peru, regions connected to the artist’s family history, where hand-built figures served as guardians and markers of passage. Rather than replicate these influences, Isolina reinterprets gods and animals through her affinity for pop culture imagery and character design.
Installed as a collective body rather than a single monument, the wor considers protection, inheritance, and continuity through red earth.
Isolina Minjeong is a New York City-based muralist and ceramic sculptor whose visual style blends manga imagery with ancient mythology. Reflecting her dual heritage of Korean and Peruvian roots, Isolina juxtaposes bold text with vibrant patterns and imagery to weave together an interdisciplinary world of storytelling. Spanning both muralism and ceramic statuary, her art delves deeply into selfhood and the broader world, transforming her rich cultura inspirations into striking homages to a future yet to be tread.
TIME ISN'T AFTER US
John Vitale solo exhibitionCategorizing an artist is something we are constantly asked to do, as though creativity can be neatly contained within a label. Yet in a world where our visual and mental pace is propelled forward at blinding speed, that task feels increasingly inadequate. We are inundated with distractions, shaped by real-time influences, and pulled in countless directions at once. Technology, for better or worse, has turned many of us into “weekend warriors” of attention, engaged, reactive, and often overstimulated.
For an abstract painter like John Vitale, however, the act of creation exists beyond that noise. His pursuit is constant, grounded, and deeply personal. While many artists spend years searching for a distinct voice, Vitale has not only discovered his, but continues to refine and challenge it. His signature techniques and exceptional palettes feel both deliberate and instinctive, striking a balance that is difficult to achieve.
His compositions carry a musicality that is impossible to ignore. Shapes and layers collide and harmonize like sharp, electrified guitar notes or the fluid improvisation of a saxophone solo. There is rhythm embedded in every mark, movement that dances across the surface, and in turn, invites the viewer into that dance. The energy is not chaotic, but orchestrated; not overwhelming, but immersive.
What makes Vitale’s work particularly compelling is this duality. While his paintings pulse with motion and vitality, they simultaneously evoke a sense of calm and reassurance. There is a tranquility within the complexity, a quiet confidence that unfolds the longer one spends with the work. Like a familiar friend, his abstractions offer both excitement and comfort, inviting repeated encounters without ever feeling exhausted.
In this way, Vitale resists easy categorization. His work exists not as a fixed identity, but as an evolving language. One that continues to push forward while remaining deeply grounded in its own sense of clarity and purpose.
We are pleased to announce John’s debut solo New York solo exhibition, TIME ISN'T AFTER US. Opening May 2nd through June 6th, 2026.
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COURT TREE COLLECTIVE AT OUTSIDER ART FAIR 2026
Proudly Featuring:
Jasper Stieve, JIEM, Louis Sarowsky, Mary Limonade, Ryan Mettz, Teddy Salad, Yool Kim, PITR
Public Days:
Mar 19 – Mar 22, 2026
Booth C15
45 artworks
Jasper Stieve (b. 2000, Lambertville, NJ)
Jasper is a self taught mixed media artist who is heavily influenced by industrious settings and admires the fluent chaos found in city scapes. Primarily working with found objects and in airbrush, his work often encourages interaction, pushing away the common “do not touch” principle. He is a household name in the NYC skateboarding community and recently created his own niche fashion brand. He lives and works in Brooklyn.
JIEM lives in Lille in Northern France. He paints there in his studio and all over European streets and walls. He has a long and wild history with graffiti. His work is greatly influenced by his explorations and travels. He is a self-taught artist working in a “faux naïf” style. He enjoys the freedom of this expression and his work benefits from this lifestyle. Subcultures, social interactions, diverse cultures often dominate the subjects in his work.
Louis Sarowsky is part of a new generation of "self-taught" artists. Not necessarily an Outsider. As it's almost impossible to go on without any knowledge of how things work directly at our fingertips. With YouTube, Instagram, Tik Tok, these new types of self taught artists are fearless and ambitious. Creating granite sculptures is no easy task for even the most seasoned sculptor. With only a few years under his belt in doing so, he is creating images that speak his language. As seen here in the "Stone VX1000", the most influential camera in skateboarding cinema. Known in the skateboarding community as Lurker Lou. His skateboarding and personality has always been his own. We are excited to be exhibiting perhaps his next chapter in super creative life.
MARY LIMONADE is a Belgian self-taught artist. Her work features a strong spirit of independence, through a great freedom of action and a wide range of practices. In addition to graphic and illustrative concepts in her paintings, she is also a prolific street artist and muralist. Her paintings are nostalgic and ebullient in memories, overflowing with anecdotes and bittersweet feelings. All of her works have a freshness to them, free of academic rules and the standards of representation.
Ryan Mettz ( born 1990) is a self-taught artist living in Brooklyn, NY. Knownfor his naive, urban folk art style, his work vividly depicts his experiences livingin, and navigating the city landscape. He uses bold palettes that exploredepth, form, and chaos while remaining flat and simple.
TEDDY SALAD born in East London in 1961, Teddy worked as a fishmonger until 2009,when a critical illness prompted a change in direction. During rehabilitation,walks along the beach led to the collection of driftwood and other foundobjects, which were configured and painted into new forms. These workswere first exhibited in 2017 at the Brighton Festival, where several pieceswere sold.Since then, the artist has participated in numerous exhibitions, with workscollected both nationally and internationally. The content and context of themixed-media pieces draw from a lifetime of observation, music, the arts, andsubculture. Wherever possible, materials are recycled, found, and upcycled.
YOOL KIM, a Seoul-based artist, navigates ideas of identity and subconscious mind through mixed media artwork. Her paintings focus on figures expressing a form of disorder. This is seen not through just facial expressions, but extends throughout the painting to express dissatisfaction and dizziness that come from the human experience. Kim’s work often highlights self expression that have not yet matured, an expression stunted in growth. Her desire is to organize these emotions through her artwork.
Kim was born in 1982 and graduated from Hongik University Graduate School of Industry in 2015 with a degree in Color Studies.
Pizza In The Rain (PITR) Self-taught artist PizzaInTheRain or PITR (born 1988) celebrates working oncollaborations with other artists and unsanctioned figurative work on wallsacross Chicago, the US, and overseas. PITR finds inspiration in the conceptof public art and the underlying deviance that goes along with creating andpainting anywhere, regardless of permission. His pieces are often site-specificas he likes his work to harmoniously interact with the surrounding area. Asan underground artist, this is a rare opportunity to see his work in a gallerysetting.
Petal To The Metal By Jasper Stieve
March 7th - April 11th, 2026
Court Tree Collective proudly presents Petal To The Metal, a solo exhibition by New York City artist Jasper Stieve.
Jasper is a self-taught mixed media artist inspired by industrial landscapes and the rhythmic chaos of urban environments. Working primarily with found objects and airbrush, his pieces often encourage physical interaction, rejecting the traditional “do not touch” barrier between viewer and artwork.
This exhibition features a new body of work representing some of Jasper’s most ambitious and refined pieces to date. The presentation includes dynamic interpretations of city architecture, toys, urban landscapes, street artifacts, and three-dimensional installations, all underscored by his constant drive toward originality and reinvention.
A cultural scene often overlooked or disconnected from the broader public becomes tangible through the artifacts Jasper creates, offering viewers a direct and immersive connection to his world.
