Lower Atrium

Jean Gray Mohs

June 5, 2025 - August 30, 2025

Rooted in the American South, Mohs' work explores the tension between resilience and vulnerability, shaped by a life of chronic illness and an organ transplant. As an artist and mother, she moves between the physicality of materials and the fragility of the body, reflecting on survival, care, and kinship. She is drawn to the landscape and traditions of the South, where storytelling and craft carry histories of both struggle and grace.

Mohs' practice investigates the body as both structure and shelter, likened to architecture and foundation, where puzzled pieces are sewn, bound, and mended together. She minimizes and abstracts body parts, distilling them to their bare essentials to reveal the intricate mechanisms and symbiotic connections between skeleton and skin, spirit and flesh, organs and cavities. The interplay of structural forms and narrative inquiry manifests in organically shaped wooden objects that hold memory, honor the body, and invite connection.

Photo Credit: Matt Ramey