Elana Bowsher and Zoë Carlon:
Correspondence
03.07.26 - 04.04.26
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12.26 is pleased to present Correspondence, a dual presentation of paintings from Los Angeles-based Elana Bowsher and Yorkshire-based Zoë Carlon.
Working in oil paints but across wholly opposite substrates, Bowsher’s linen against Carlon’s aluminum, the artists' works find harmony and balance in their compositions and ambiguity.
Cropped configurations reveal or reference the natural world through floral arrangements, organic forms, and intentional brushstrokes. And, while Bowsher and Carlon oppose one another, visually, through representative and non-representative works, they converge in their mutual suspension of the familiar.
Bowsher develops a nebulous landscape across her paintings, neither giving the viewer a direct definition of the abstract spaces she’s created nor their contents. But she does grant a symphony of color contrast, bending and flexing with each brushstroke.
Carlon’s practice outside the painting process is supported by a generous body of literature and philosophy regarding the concepts of agency over one's attention and the physical and psychological conditions of space. Under this umbrella of study, Carlon writes about the notion of correspondence as an “in-between-ness” that connects individuals or objects to spaces through experience.
From Carlon’s perspective on painting flowers, she is either positioned interiorly or exteriorly. Looking in a window versus looking out of a window compels exceptionally different experiences. This note is evident in the artist’s works, representing a cyclamen. From the exterior, the flower is masked and framed by brutal office architecture, but from within, it is revered and grand, taking up the whole surface of the aluminum.
Bowsher and Carlon’s works are in congruence with one another not only through their similarities in process but also through their physical placements in the gallery. They are living and communing with each other.
Correspondence is an invitation to take time and experience the spaces confined within each painting’s perimeters. And consider drawing attention to and arousing curiosity about the conditions of the space containing the works, the gallery.
Elana Bowsher (b. 1990, San Francisco, CA) lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Bowsher earned her BA from the School of the Arts and Architecture at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, in 2012. Bowsher has had numerous solo presentations at Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2024); T293, Rome, Italy (2023); Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY (2022), among others. Her work has been in group exhibitions at Hoffman Donahue, Beverly Hills, CA (2025); Marc Selwyn Fine Arts, Beverly Hills, CA (2025); Fernberger Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2024); CLEARING GALLERY, Los Angeles, CA (2022); Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY (2022); One trick Pony, Los Angeles, CA (2021), among others. Bowsher’s work resides in permanent collections at the Olivia Foundation in Mexico City and the Stevenson Arts Foundation in San Jose, CA.
Zoë Carlon (b. 1993, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom) lives and works in Wakefield, UK. Carlon earned a BFA with honors from the University of Leeds, UK, in 2017, and attended the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary, in 2016. Carlon has recently presented solo exhibitions with South Parade, London, UK (2024, 2023, 2022), and numerous group exhibitions at Hales Gallery, London, UK (2025); Guest Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2024); Super Super Markt, Berlin, Germany (2023); The Art House, Wakefield, UK (2022); South Parade, London, UK (2022), among others. Her work resides in permanent collections at the United Kingdom Government Art Collection, the FUAM Collection at the University of Leeds, the Royal Drawing School Collection at the Dumfries House, and X Museum in Beijing, China.
Working in oil paints but across wholly opposite substrates, Bowsher’s linen against Carlon’s aluminum, the artists' works find harmony and balance in their compositions and ambiguity.
Cropped configurations reveal or reference the natural world through floral arrangements, organic forms, and intentional brushstrokes. And, while Bowsher and Carlon oppose one another, visually, through representative and non-representative works, they converge in their mutual suspension of the familiar.
Bowsher develops a nebulous landscape across her paintings, neither giving the viewer a direct definition of the abstract spaces she’s created nor their contents. But she does grant a symphony of color contrast, bending and flexing with each brushstroke.
Carlon’s practice outside the painting process is supported by a generous body of literature and philosophy regarding the concepts of agency over one's attention and the physical and psychological conditions of space. Under this umbrella of study, Carlon writes about the notion of correspondence as an “in-between-ness” that connects individuals or objects to spaces through experience.
From Carlon’s perspective on painting flowers, she is either positioned interiorly or exteriorly. Looking in a window versus looking out of a window compels exceptionally different experiences. This note is evident in the artist’s works, representing a cyclamen. From the exterior, the flower is masked and framed by brutal office architecture, but from within, it is revered and grand, taking up the whole surface of the aluminum.
Bowsher and Carlon’s works are in congruence with one another not only through their similarities in process but also through their physical placements in the gallery. They are living and communing with each other.
Correspondence is an invitation to take time and experience the spaces confined within each painting’s perimeters. And consider drawing attention to and arousing curiosity about the conditions of the space containing the works, the gallery.
Elana Bowsher (b. 1990, San Francisco, CA) lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Bowsher earned her BA from the School of the Arts and Architecture at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, in 2012. Bowsher has had numerous solo presentations at Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2024); T293, Rome, Italy (2023); Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY (2022), among others. Her work has been in group exhibitions at Hoffman Donahue, Beverly Hills, CA (2025); Marc Selwyn Fine Arts, Beverly Hills, CA (2025); Fernberger Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2024); CLEARING GALLERY, Los Angeles, CA (2022); Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY (2022); One trick Pony, Los Angeles, CA (2021), among others. Bowsher’s work resides in permanent collections at the Olivia Foundation in Mexico City and the Stevenson Arts Foundation in San Jose, CA.
Zoë Carlon (b. 1993, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom) lives and works in Wakefield, UK. Carlon earned a BFA with honors from the University of Leeds, UK, in 2017, and attended the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary, in 2016. Carlon has recently presented solo exhibitions with South Parade, London, UK (2024, 2023, 2022), and numerous group exhibitions at Hales Gallery, London, UK (2025); Guest Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2024); Super Super Markt, Berlin, Germany (2023); The Art House, Wakefield, UK (2022); South Parade, London, UK (2022), among others. Her work resides in permanent collections at the United Kingdom Government Art Collection, the FUAM Collection at the University of Leeds, the Royal Drawing School Collection at the Dumfries House, and X Museum in Beijing, China.