Not Shockbox art gallery - Hermosa Beach
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What Now!? - Solo Exhibition by Chris Wubbena
July 11 - Aug 2, 2026
Hours: Daily 10ish - 7ish (and by appointment)
This summer, Not Shockboxx welcomes nationally exhibited sculptor and multimedia artist Chris Wubbena for a solo exhibition that transforms the gallery into a layered world of objects, films, fragments, memories, architecture, humor, anxiety, beauty, and survival.
Wubbena brings an ambitious body of work that blends sculpture, painting, writing, sound, and short film into one immersive exhibition experience. These are not quiet objects. They stack stories on top of stories. Tiny houses balance on impossible forms. Trophy cups become monuments to fleeting victories. Found materials collide with poetry, QR codes, film loops, model buildings, and hand-built structures that feel both playful and emotionally loaded.
At the center of the exhibition is the question posed in the title itself: What Now!? The work lives in that feeling; the strange middle space where we are constantly adapting, carrying, processing, rebuilding, remembering, and trying to make sense of the present while already moving into the next thing.
The sculptures pull together everything at their disposal into layered worlds that feel intimate, chaotic, funny, fragile, and deeply human. Nothing feels fixed. Everything feels in motion.
This is the kind of exhibition that rewards slowing down. Every object feels like it has a secret. Every sculpture feels like a small universe balancing on the edge of collapse. Trust us, these are pieces you do not want to miss.
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Knot Sorry
Opens: Aug 8, 2026
Closes: Aug 29, 2026
There’s something subversive about softness. Knot Sorry pulls fiber art out of the polite, domestic corner and into the spotlight where it belongs: bold, labor-intensive, intimate, and impossible to ignore. From quilts that carry generations of stories to sculptural textiles, embroidery, weaving, crochet, sewing, and mixed media, this exhibition explores the ways artists transform thread into memory, protest, identity, obsession, and care.
These works ask us to slow down. To notice the labor in every stitch, the tension in every knot, and the histories woven into every surface. They blur the line between craft and fine art, proving that softness can be powerful, and that handmade work can be both deeply personal and unapologetically confrontational.
Come experience an exhibition filled with remarkable artists who are redefining what fiber art can be. Meet the artists, explore the work, and celebrate an opening night that's anything but ordinary.
No apologies. No minimizing. Knot Sorry.
Featured Artists: Adara Peterson, Aida Tejada, Annika Simmons, Annie Mitchell, Annie Parr, Anya Ellia, Arnaldo Garcia, Barbara Danzi, Beans Ryan, Benjamin Simon, Blair Treuer, Caitie Curtis, Debora Rosental, Deborah Weir, Debra Disman, Francziska Steagall, Gwen Freeman, James Frost, Jamie Weinstein, Jody MacDonald, Julie Kaliuga, Kailey Ryan, Kendra Barnowski, Kevin K Jacobs, Liberty Worth, Lisa Rockford, Lisa Urban, Madeline Witek, Mallory Cremin, Mariam Alcantara, Marty Ornish, Olivia Carle, Paige Warmington, Rachel Curry, Renee Atkinson, Shauna Le Ann Smith, Silvana D'Mikos, Silvana Silveira, Sophia McGovern, Stephanie Jaeger-Stanley, Whitney McKinstry, Zachary Taylor.
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Art is Keeping us Alive
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Independent art spaces don’t survive on their own. They survive because artists, collectors, and community decide they matter.
This exhibition is exactly that.
“Art Is Keeping Us Alive” brings together artists who have donated work to help sustain Not Shockboxx — a queer-owned, artist-forward gallery built for bold, strange, thoughtful work that doesn’t always fit neatly inside traditional systems.
Every piece in this exhibition was contributed in support of keeping this weird little art space alive.
Featured artists: Adele French, Amanda Santos, D R E W S, Anjalé, Annabelle Anderson, Charise Mirabal, Claudia Berman, D Farse, Devon Sharon, e . y . reilly, Emily Tanaka, Fei Alexander, Francziska Steagall, James Frost, James Thatcher, Jennifer R. Myhre, Jessica Accamando, John Teague, Kate Pickle, Kevin Perrault, Leigh Witherell, Oana Gamlowski, Sam Homan, Vince Quevedo.
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Wild Weird and Wonderful
July 9 - Sept 4
Some artwork refuses to behave.
Some pieces are impossible to categorize. They are delightfully strange, emotionally charged, unexpectedly humorous, visually overwhelming, or quietly unsettling. They challenge expectations, spark curiosity, and stay with you long after you've scrolled past them.
Wild, Weird, and Wonderful brings together a diverse collection of artists whose work embraces the unconventional and celebrates creative risk. Rather than fitting neatly into a theme or movement, these works are united by their originality, authenticity, and willingness to surprise.
Featuring painting, photography, sculpture, textile, mixed media, printmaking, and more, this fully online exhibition showcases artists from across the country in a format that allows visitors everywhere to explore, discover, and collect.
Presented exclusively on Artsy as part of Not Shockboxx's digital exhibition program, Wild, Weird, and Wonderful celebrates the kind of art that doesn't ask for permission to exist. It simply does.
Browse the exhibition, discover new artists, and find work that refuses to blend into the background.
Featured artists: Abby Place, Adele French, Alec MacLeod, Alisha Bavin, Amanda Starkey Helms, Angela Webb, Anthony Caruso, Arash Ghahari, Chris Bunz, Debbee Lotito, e . y . reilly, Ed Whitmore, Erica Penuela, Fei Alexander, Greg McDonald, Hope Conner, Jayne Tucker, Jian Guo, Kāme'o Kahawai, Karim Shuquem, Kathleen Kralowec, Kevin K Jacobs, Kip Cantrick, Kirsten Smith, Linda Hammer, Lindsey Sherline, Margaret Thatcher, Mark Wholey, Marsha Mees, MaryElizabeth The Artist, Mitch Sprung, Patrick P McElroy, Ria Xandie Finch, Richard Michael Conti.
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The Gay Agenda
June 9 - July 31
The Gay Agenda is a digital group exhibition celebrating the depth, diversity, and creativity of contemporary queer artists from across the United States. Presented exclusively on Artsy, the exhibition brings together emerging and established LGBTQ+ artists working across painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, printmaking, and mixed media.
The title playfully reclaims one of history's favorite political punchlines, transforming "the gay agenda" into exactly what it has always been: making art, building community, telling stories, challenging convention, and imagining more expansive ways of living. The result is a collection of work that is joyful, provocative, intimate, humorous, vulnerable, and unapologetically authentic.
Rather than defining what queer art should look like, The Gay Agenda embraces the many ways artists explore identity, memory, activism, love, gender, culture, and everyday life. Some works are deeply personal. Others are boldly political. Together they reflect the richness of contemporary queer experience while reminding us that great art resists simple labels.
This special online exhibition is presented exclusively through Not Shockboxx's Artsy platform, making these works available to collectors around the world while introducing audiences to an extraordinary group of LGBTQ+ artists pushing contemporary art forward.
Featured artists: Callieramics, Chad Schuety, H.D. Hunt, Izzy Falls, Jacob Clayton, Jodee Sweet, John R Keeling, Joshua P. Collins, Jules The Sculptor, Justin A. Martin, Matthew Mosher, Oliver Krueger, Paul Beauchemin, Paul Canning, Robert Sites, MMIX, Selene Hernandez, Serena Brito, Steve Jensen, Xavier Domjan
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About
Not Shockboxx Gallery is exactly what it sounds like—not Shockboxx—but we wouldn’t be here without it. The legendary Shockboxx gallery built a reputation for fearless, unconventional, and unapologetically meaningful art, and we’re proud to preserve that legacy while forging our own path. We’re the next generation of gallery owners—different voices, different ideas, but the same deep respect for the artists and community that made Shockboxx unforgettable. We’ll always be grateful to the creators who came before us, but we’re also here to stir our own pot, make our own beautiful mess, and see where the tide of strange and wonderful takes us.
Gallery owner Jessica Accamando with Gallery Manager Carin Ohara.