Opening Friday, June 12, 2026 at WheelHouse Art, LEX
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patrick ADAMS + teri DRYDEN: pieced TOGETHER, a two-person show featuring Lexington-based artist Patrick Adams and Louisville-based artist Teri Dryden.
The exhibition opens Friday, June 12 with a reception from 6:00 to 8:00pm and will remain on view through July 25.
WheelHouse Art, LEX | 500 W. Short Street, Lexington, KY 40507
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Above: Teri Dryden, Red Is An Attitude. Mixed media, paper, paint, ink and pencil, 10 x 8 inches.
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This pairing brings together two artists whose abstract work is built through layers, revisions, fragments, and touch. Patrick Adams works primarily on canvas, using paint, scratched marks, and pieces of older painted surfaces to build compositions that feel both structured and open-ended. Teri Dryden works primarily with paper on panel, layering found and painted papers with drawing, scratching, and collage techniques to create richly textured surfaces.
Though their materials differ, Adams and Dryden share a process-driven approach to abstraction. Their work is pieced together through addition and subtraction, covering and revealing, memory and reinvention. Each artist allows the surface to hold evidence of change, resulting in work that feels immediate, tactile, and deeply considered.
This exhibition is also a meaningful moment for WheelHouse Art, LEX. Both Adams and Dryden previously exhibited at New Editions Gallery, the Lexington gallery space now home to WheelHouse Art, LEX. Teri Dryden has also exhibited with WheelHouse Art in Louisville for many years, making this exhibition a bridge between Lexington and Louisville, past and present, and two artists with distinct but beautifully overlapping practices.
Join us for the opening reception:
Friday, June 12
6:00 – 8:00pm
WheelHouse Art, LEX
500 W. Short Street
Lexington, KY 40507
Additional reception during Gallery Hop:
Friday, July 17
5:00 – 8:00pm
We look forward to welcoming you to the gallery for this layered, tactile, and thoughtfully paired exhibition.
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Above: Patrick Adams, A Place for Everything. Acrylic on canvas, 72 x 75 inches
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Patrick Adams, based in Lexington, is known for large-scale abstract paintings that have evolved from a long engagement with landscape into a more fully abstract visual language. In his recent work, Adams builds compositions through the physicality of paint, mark-making, scratching, and the application of fragments from older painted canvases. His paintings often hold a quiet tension between structure and openness, constructing layered surfaces for
viewer exploration. Over more than three decades as an artist, Adams has exhibited widely across the United States and has been twice awarded the Al Smith Fellowship by the Kentucky Arts Council.
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Teri Dryden, based in Louisville, works primarily in mixed media collage, often using paper on panel. Her process includes drawing, scratching, painting, and applying found and painted papers to build layered images and richly worked surfaces. Dryden’s work is informed by memory, travel, identity, impermanence, and the beauty of things that are imperfect or
incomplete. Her compositions balance intuition and control, bringing together fragments of color, line, paper, and personal history into works that feel intimate, energetic, and deeply material. Dryden has exhibited in numerous solo, group, and juried exhibitions across the country and has shown with WheelHouse Art in Louisville for many years.
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Intentional Spatial Healing Welcome once again to WheelHouse Art’s Art by Volume, presented by the Wine Room by J. Bell Wine Co. It was my pleasure to wrap up this season with an interview featuring Natalie Officer of Natalie O Designs. As an interior designer, Natalie uses her expertise to curate spaces tailored to the needs of each individual client she works with. She also intentionally works with local artists and craftsfolk to add art, color, furniture and other design elements
that bring the vision to life. We spoke on the topics of space and its impact on how we live life, healing processes, artistic collaboration, family, and the imbalance of life.
WheelHouse Art’s Art by Volume, presented by the Wine Room by J. Bell Wine Co is available wherever you listen to your podcasts, and is also available on WheelHouse Art's YouTube Channel.
If you have any comments, questions, or thoughts, send us an email at [email protected] We’d love to hear from you!
Special thanks to our sponsors: The Wine Room by J Bell Wine Co. Natalie O Designs Indigo Mavens WheelHouse Art
The featured wine of the episode is the Bonfire Red GSM by J. Bell Wine Co.
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On View at WheelHouse Art, LOU
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PATRICK SMITH: Full Sized Bigger Work a solo exhibition of new paintings by Lexington-based artist Patrick Smith. Known for his striking realism and psychologically charged imagery, Smith creates intimate portraits that explore the human figure as both a physical and symbolic form.
Also exhibiting: un-still, a new collection of work by Shawn Marshall. Shawn Marshall is a Kentucky-based mixed media artist with a background in architecture and design. She earned a Master of Architecture with a Minor in Fine Art from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Kentucky. She is also a visual arts educator who earned Master of Art in Teaching from Bellarmine University.
Also on view are plus collections by Carlos Gamez de Francisco, Emily Church, Megan Bickel, and more.
Exhibitions on view May 22 – July 4, 2026 at WheelHouse Art, LOU. 2650 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, KY 40206
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On view at The Wine Room, LOU
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In Good Company: Artists from the St. Matthews Studios and Gallery
Group show featuring Lynn Dunbar, Teri Dryden, Jeanne Freibert, Julie Hohmann, Gretchen Treitz, and Page Penna presented by WheelHouse Art at The Wine Room at 2704 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, KY 40206 through June 20, 2026.
In Good Company brings together a group of accomplished artists from St. Matthews Studios and Gallery, an eclectic collective of Louisville-based women whose practices span painting, collage, and mixed media. Each artist brings a distinct perspective—rooted in observation, memory, and material exploration—resulting in a dynamic presentation that reflects both individual voices
and a shared commitment to creative inquiry.
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