The Magic of Light
The Magic of Light
May 7-June 20, 2026
The Magic of Light brings together a dynamic group of local and international photographers in a juried exhibition that explores the transformative role of light in contemporary image-making. Through a wide range of practices and perspectives, the exhibition considers how illumination shapes not only what we see, but how we perceive and interpret visual narratives.
Featuring works that span documentary, conceptual, and experimental approaches, the exhibition highlights artists who engage with light as both a formal and expressive element. From stark artificial glow to fleeting ambient radiance, and from shadow as absence to light as subject, these works examine the ways in which light constructs meaning and guides the viewer’s experience.
Across diverse cultural, geographic, and personal contexts, The Magic of Light reveals how artists use illumination to evoke atmosphere, articulate identity, and expand the possibilities of photographic storytelling. By framing illumination as both medium and metaphor, the exhibition invites viewers to reconsider the photograph as a contingent construct—one shaped as much by conditions of light as by the intentions and positionalities of the artist.
Artists: Alex Cassetti, Carla Aparicio, Stephen Albair, Elizabeth Baldwin, Emma Beuthin, Jan Bell, Bremner Benedict, Meike Bertrand-Paniza, Christa Blackwood, Barbara Boissevain, Lynne Breitfeller, Brown Cannon, Kelly Ciurej, Christopher Cobillas-Ottinger, Samantha Lynn Croteau, Tracey Clark, Terry Clark, Gina Cholick, Katie Diaz, Race Dillon, Annie Donahue, Sean Du, John Eaton, David Egan, Sam Elkind, Perla Elfassi, Allyson Ely, Justin Emord, Eli Fajardo, Caitlin Fares, Khalid Farquharson, David Gardner, Mary Gardner, Robert Gideon, Marshall Gordon, Tara Griesbach, Liana Grigoryan, Marsha Guggenheim, James Gunderson, Carlotta Guerra, Shane Hallinan, Carolyn Hampton, Sylvie Harris, David Hartwell, Dean Hendler, Susan Sims Hillbrand, Patrick Jagger, Justin Kelly, Ray Koh, Jennifer Little, Nadine Levin, Li Shen, Kasia Trojak, Kurt Simonson, Lacey Terrell, Lori Pond, Lucia Reynoso, Leyla Rzayeva, Ivan Peck, J. John Priola, Daniel Postaer, Tim Passaro, Dustin Riggs, Eli Ricanati, Ted Rigoni, Ron Moultrie Saunders, Rachael Short, Robert Sobul, Philip Sager, Jeff Schewe, Charlotte Schmid-Maybach, Jane Lena Schulman, Xuanxuan Song, Cody Swanson, Sandra Chen Weinstein, Jeffrey Weston, Suzanne Theodora White, Jonas Yip, Gary Van Der Steur, Jack The Wolfman, Carolyn Moore, Daniel Mcgarrah, Daniel McInnis, Miguel Perez, Matt Schaefer, Michael Scandling, Miriam Schulman, Maria Sutherland, Olga Nikishova, Patricia Sandler, Perla Elfassi, Robert Gideon, Sam Elkind, Sean Du, Shane Hallinan, Suzanne Theodora White, VC Torneden.
The Magic of Light is juried by Ann M. Jastrab and Georgina Reskala.
Ann M. Jastrab is the Executive Director of the Center for Photographic Art (CPA) in Carmel, California. CPA advances photography through education, exhibition, and publication.
Prior to CPA, Ann served as Gallery Director at RayKo Photo Center in San Francisco for ten years, where she developed a thriving artist-in-residence program. Multiple RayKo residents went on to receive Guggenheim Fellowships. She also worked as Gallery Manager at Scott Nichols Gallery in San Francisco, where she curated exhibitions pairing contemporary artists with legends of photography.
During her tenure at the Center for Photographic Art, Ann has created significant artist grant and scholarship programs to support creatives and students. She has expanded the organization from a regional arts center to one with members across six continents. Most recently, she launched PhotoCarmel, a photography festival celebrating the medium on California’s Central Coast.
Georgina Reskala is a Mexican-Lebanese artist and educator. She studied communication science in Mexico and received a BFA and an MFA from California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is in many private and public collections such as the Cassilhaus Collection, Chapel Hill, NC; Frye Art Museum; Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art; and Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR. She has had numerous group and solo exhibitions including Zona Maco (Mexico City), Seattle Art Fair, Photo LA, Pulse Miami, Photo Festival, Yixian, China, and Venice Institute of Contemporary Art, among others. In 2017, she was shortlisted for the Hariban Award, Kyoto, Japan. She is represented by PDX CONTEMPORARY ART in Portland, OR.
She has taught Creative Inquiry, The Art of Storytelling, and The Poetics of Space at the Harvey Milk Photo Centre in San Francisco and at the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, CA. She is also an adjunct professor at California College of the Arts. She has juried many residencies and competitions, and in 2024 she curated an exhibition for The Front Gallery in Los Angeles.
For inquiries and private viewing appointments, please contact info@artspace114.com.
Art/Space 114 is located at 114 W 4th St. The Magic of Light is on view Wednesday through Friday, 2–8 pm, and Saturdays and Sundays, 12 pm–6 pm, through June 20th.
