Current Exhibitions

Susan Byrnes: Lightness and Weight

Jan 17 – Apr 12, 2025

The Contemporary Dayton is proud to present new work by Susan Byrnes, a sculptor and audio producer who most often uses her work to challenge and reflect on the burdens of sexism and the resilience of the female body. Drawing in part from the seemingly disparate cultural touchstones of Milan Kundera’s novel “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” and the MGM musical, “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” the exhibition explores themes of individual freedom versus societal expectations, the weight of choices, and the search for meaning in relationship.

George Armstrong: A Zachary Armstrong Curatorial Project

Jan 17 – Apr 12, 2025

Intricate. Intimate. From the heart. The Co presents the reveal of a new project by Zachary Armstrong—an enigmatic force whose work features the ritualistic repetition of symbols and motifs rooted in recollections of his childhood and family, of people and places, of rural Midwest Americana.