West Gallery 

October 2, 2025 - January 24, 2026 

This two-person exhibition features the abstract sculptural paintings of Sebastian Garcia Huidobro alongside the brutalist architecture-inspired sculptures of Rachel Lea Seburn. Both artists explore concepts of balance, co-dependency, growth, and weight. Forms stack and lean, fit snuggly together like puzzle pieces, referencing the building blocks of structures minute and grand. 

Huidobro’s work, combining soft and hard materials, mimics the forms of microorganisms. He envisions molecules of paint magnified to reveal hidden movements and arrangements. Manipulating foam and fabric, Huidobro creates meticulously upholstered wall-based sculptures. The use of vibrant colors brings a pop sensibility to the organic forms, creating seductive candy pillows that focus the viewer’s attention on shape, line, and surface.  

In comparison, Seburn’s sculptures are inspired by Northern Alberta’s sturdy brutalist architecture of resilience. Her sculptures embody angular, jagged, and curved forms crafted from concrete, plexiglass, plaster, wood, and silicone. The neutral hues of solid, opaque building materials are contrasted with vivid transparencies. Seburn’s artistic approach mirrors the principles of autoconstruction, a method rooted in self-reliance, in which individuals build their dwellings using available materials. This framework allows spontaneity and resourcefulness during the design and building process. 

Huidobro and Seburn are creating subtly complex works that share a purity of form and sophisticated awareness of space, both occupied and empty. This interplay of presence and absence is a reflection of the equilibrium needed to build visions and worlds larger than ourselves.  

Artist Biographies:

Rachel Lea Seburn is a Canadian transdisciplinary artist living in Brooklyn, NY. She received an MFA from the University of Georgia in 2023. Her mediums include sculpture, painting, public art, installation, Super 8 film, sound, and curation. Her work is mainly concentrated outside the gallery as public art and architectural interventions. Seburn has shown in galleries, notably the Vancouver Art Gallery and Yukon Arts Center; in artist-run centers, including UNIT//PITT Projects, Access Gallery, and Soft Gallery; and in temporary public outdoor sites across Canada, with a permanent public artwork in Downtown Prince George. She has participated in artist residencies, including The Neighborhood Time Exchange in Prince George and Helicopter in Tallinn, Estonia, and will be attending Soon Art Studio in Vienna, Austria, and a civic engagement residency at Kent Cultural Alliance in Chestertown, Maryland, in 2025. Her work has been supported by the Granville Island Activation Grant, the Tom Hollingworth Scholarship, the Willson Center at the University of Georgia, and the Edmonton Arts Council. 

Chilean-born Sebastian Garcia Huidobro attended the University for the Arts, Sciences, and Communication (UNIACC) in Santiago, where he focused on painting and completed an undergraduate degree in 2006. During his studies at UNIACC, he participated in many exhibitions, including at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago, Chile. After completing his degree, he participated in Periferica and the Artist-In-Residence Program at Proyecto’Ace, both in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and represented Chile in The North American Print Biennial Episodes & Itineraries in Boston, MA. Huidobro has been included in international biennials and triennials, including the Tallinn Print Triennial, the North American Print Biennial in Boston, and the International Triennial of Graphic Art Bitiola. He is included in articles and publications, including Anondo-catodo and the Spanish magazine G&E. Huidobro was invited to Serbia to participate in a Latin biennial and solo exhibition at The Akademia in Belgrade and New Prints: Winter at the Print Center New York. Additional solo presentations include Local Project, NY; Dress Shop Gallery, NY; and Kala Gallery, Berkeley, CA. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.