Place & Memory
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Entry deadlineNov 1, 2026 · 6:59 AM
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Show opensNov 20, 2026
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Show closesJan 2, 2027
Organization:
St. Louis Artists
Location
St. Louis, MO
Entry Fee
Paid Entry
Deadline
October 31, 2026
Exhibition
Nov 20
- Jan 2, 2027
Place and Memory invites viewers to reflect on the spaces that shaped them, the homes left behind, the streets renamed, and the landscapes altered, and to consider how memory functions as both preservation and transformation. In the tension between fragility and endurance, the exhibition suggests that place lives not only in geography but also in the shifting architecture of remembrance.
Juror: Chris Wubbena
Chris Wubbena holds an MFA in Art with a Sculpture Emphasis from San Francisco State University, and a BFA in Art with a Sculpture Emphasis and a Creative Writing Minor from the University of Northern Iowa. He is currently a tenured Full Professor of Sculpture at Southeast Missouri State University. His work has been exhibited in outdoor and indoor exhibitions throughout the United States, including The Chicago Sculpture Exhibit, Chicago, IL; Joy, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Ephemerality, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; Mixtape, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA; Doomscapes, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL; The Conversation, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; The Bright Side, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; Sloss Sculpture Garden, Birmingham, AL; 3-Dimensional, Art Scene West, San Diego, CA; WVU Sculpture Tour, Morgantown, WV; and Mania, Covet Gallery, Oceanside, CA. His solo exhibitions include the Armory Gallery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; the St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO; the Louise Hopkins Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX; the Windgate Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR; the Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL; The Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO; the Waldemar A. Schmidt Art Gallery, Wartburg College, Waverly, IA; the University of Southern Mississippi Museum of Art, Hattiesburg, MS; and the Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, IA. Wubbena has also completed a number of commissioned projects. The public sculpture titled Spirit of Now, commissioned for the American House in Oak Park, IL was completed in 2022; and the public sculpture titled Forward, commissioned by Mississippi Power Company, in Gulfport, Mississippi was completed in 2007 to commemorate the work done by Mississippi Power employees during and after the events surrounding Hurricane Katrina. Wubbena recently curated an exhibition at the Chicago Sculpture International Project Space, titled Sculpture & Film, an exhibition exploring the relationship between sculptural form and cinematic expression.
Juror: Chris Wubbena
Chris Wubbena holds an MFA in Art with a Sculpture Emphasis from San Francisco State University, and a BFA in Art with a Sculpture Emphasis and a Creative Writing Minor from the University of Northern Iowa. He is currently a tenured Full Professor of Sculpture at Southeast Missouri State University. His work has been exhibited in outdoor and indoor exhibitions throughout the United States, including The Chicago Sculpture Exhibit, Chicago, IL; Joy, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Ephemerality, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; Mixtape, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA; Doomscapes, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL; The Conversation, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; The Bright Side, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; Sloss Sculpture Garden, Birmingham, AL; 3-Dimensional, Art Scene West, San Diego, CA; WVU Sculpture Tour, Morgantown, WV; and Mania, Covet Gallery, Oceanside, CA. His solo exhibitions include the Armory Gallery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; the St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO; the Louise Hopkins Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX; the Windgate Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR; the Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL; The Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO; the Waldemar A. Schmidt Art Gallery, Wartburg College, Waverly, IA; the University of Southern Mississippi Museum of Art, Hattiesburg, MS; and the Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, IA. Wubbena has also completed a number of commissioned projects. The public sculpture titled Spirit of Now, commissioned for the American House in Oak Park, IL was completed in 2022; and the public sculpture titled Forward, commissioned by Mississippi Power Company, in Gulfport, Mississippi was completed in 2007 to commemorate the work done by Mississippi Power employees during and after the events surrounding Hurricane Katrina. Wubbena recently curated an exhibition at the Chicago Sculpture International Project Space, titled Sculpture & Film, an exhibition exploring the relationship between sculptural form and cinematic expression.