A contemporary art gallery in Los Angeles that exhibits works by emerging and mid-careeer artists.

DON'T LOOK Projects (2024–2026) has closed. The program continues at jeniabramson.com

Exhibitions
Yield To Color
Creative Growth x DON’T LOOK Projects May 9 - June 27, 2026
For our second collaboration with Creative Growth, we invite viewers to Yield To Color. This exhibition explores the tension between disciplined structure and vibrant, uninhibited expression through the works of Julian Ou and Rosa Giron.
Exhibitions
Shadowplay
Alexandra Duprez & Gosia Machon June 6 - 28, 2026
MPM Gallery is pleased to present Shadowplay, a two-person exhibition featuring the
works of Alexandra Duprez and Gosia Machon. Curated by MEPAINTSME and hosted
by DON'T LOOK Annex (Los Angeles), the exhibition opens to the public on Saturday,
June 6, with an opening reception from 5 - 8 PM.
Exhibitions
A Wilderness of Mirrors
Conor Dowdle March 7 - April 18, 2026
DON’T LOOK Projects is pleased to announce A Wilderness of Mirrors, an exhibition of new paintings by Conor Dowdle. Marking the artist’s first solo presentation with the gallery, the exhibition features a body of work that navigates the porous boundary between direct observation and the atmospheric distortions of memory.
Exhibitions
Synnecrosis
Ophelia Arc January 10 - February 28, 2026
DON'T LOOK Projects is pleased to present Ophelia Arc's first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, "Synnecrosis." Arc's work operates within the charged territory where maternal bonds and psychic survival intersect, exploring the spider as both symbol and inheritance.
Exhibitions
Ahí viene el Coco / Here Comes the Boogeyman
Libertad Alcántara November 20 - December 27, 2025
Ahí viene el Coco asserts that the current retreat from inclusivity to apartheid is a psychological defense mechanism against the visible failure of prevailing economic models, which has led to the shattering of the meritocratic illusion.
Exhibitions
Thank You Universe, May I Delight You
Tess Jenkins September 27 - November 8, 2025
Through a joyfully excessive and texturally rich practice, Jenkins presents paintings that are the remnants of an intuitive and improvised process. Her work explores the profound and discrepant experience of living as souls condensed into temporary human forms.
Exhibitions
Flotsam and Jetsam
Diana Taylor July 19 - August 30, 2025
At a moment when all images are flowing into an AI algorithm, the canons of painting, photography, and film are converging into an undifferentiated field of digital “slop”.
Exhibitions
Freeway: Creative Growth Artists in L.A.
Group Exhibition May 30 - July 10, 2025
DON’T LOOK Projects is proud to announce “Freeway: Creative Growth Artists in LA”, a collaborative exhibition with Creative Growth Art Center, the pioneering Oakland-based nonprofit that has championed artists with...
Exhibitions
By the Company They Keep
Chenhung Chen March 15 - May 3, 2025
Don’t Look Projects is pleased to present By the Company They Keep, a solo exhibition by Chenhung Chen (Taiwan, 1961), whose intricate practice weaves together industrial and organic materials to...
Exhibitions
Permission to Bloom
Group Exhibition January 18 - February 22, 2025
DON’T LOOK Projects is pleased to announce its inaugural group exhibition, Permission to Bloom, featuring the work of four international artists working across various media.
DON’T LOOK Projects

DON’T LOOK Projects is a contemporary art gallery in Los Angeles presenting emerging and mid-career artists with a focus on experimentation, curiosity and cognitive diversity.

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A contemporary art gallery in Los Angeles that exhibits works by emerging and mid-careeer artists.

Yield To Color

Shadowplay

A Wilderness of Mirrors

Synnecrosis

Ahí viene el Coco / Here Comes the Boogeyman

Thank You Universe, May I Delight You

Flotsam and Jetsam

Freeway: Creative Growth Artists in L.A.

By the Company They Keep

Permission to Bloom

DON’T LOOK Projects

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