Not Shockbox art gallery - Hermosa Beach
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!Kooks! #2
June 20 - July 3, 2026
Hours: Daily 10ish - 7ish (and by appointment)
!KOOKS! #2 crashes into Not Shockboxx on Saturday, June 20 — a night dedicated to surf rats, garage legends, beach punks, wave chasers, and anyone who’s ever been called a kook and wore it like a badge of honor. Curated by local surf culture lifer Chip Herwegh, this second installment of
!KOOKS! dives headfirst into the beautifully sunburnt chaos of coastal living through painting, photography, illustration, and pure wave-fried perspective. This isn’t the polished postcard version of beach life. It’s salt in the cuts, wax on the floorboards, busted fins, warm beer energy. The good stuff.
Featuring works by C.R. Stecyk III, Stacy Peralta, John Detemple, Dennis Jarvis, Mike Balzer, Andrew Sarnecki, Brent Broza, John Hudson, Brian Kingston, Ken Pagliaro, John Faso, and OB Toon. The night also features a live performance by Hobo Bridge next door inside The Studio, bringing raw local sound to match the visual noise. Expect surf stories, loud conversations, old friends, new weirdos, and a room full of people who probably should’ve rinsed off before showing up. No posers. No velvet ropes. Just art, music, and a bunch of beautiful kooks under one roof.
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Size Doesn't Matter
May 1-10, 2026
Hours: Daily 10-5 and by appointment
Big Ideas. Tiny scale.
An exhibition dedicated to artwork measuring no larger than 12” x 12”.
Yes. Twelve inches. We measured. Small does not mean polite. Small does not mean precious. This is a celebration of concentrated chaos, distilled brilliance, and ideas that punch above their weight.
This show includes work that whispers… and then bites. Work that looks manageable—until it isn’t. Proof that impact has nothing to do with square footage.
Why small?
Because scale is psychological. Because intimacy can be confrontational. Because constraint sharpens teeth. Because sometimes the smallest objects cause the most disruption. Create something that fits within 8 inches—and refuses to stay there.
Artists: Adele French, Aimee Hertog, Amanda Santos, Andrew Miller, Andrew Mitchell, Beth Elliott, Chad Bridgewater, Christy Peterson, Ciara Froning, Claudia Berman, Connie Roldan, Daniel Kane, David Clark, Dooney Potter, Elizabeth Janss, Evan Crocker, Garrison Frost, Ian Shelly, India Schmidt, James Frost, James Thatcher, Janice Ann Bock, Janice Bock, Jen LaVita, Karl Hauser, Kate Pickle, Kathleen Fietz, Ken Bishop, Kevin Jacobs, Kevin Perrault, Kina Lee, Leslie Jacobs, Maria Gil Lucientes, Mary Zeran, Melody Ellis, Michael James, Michaela Lingelbach, Micheal Luke Russell, Mya Giuliani, Oana Gamlowski, Sam Homan, Shirley Day, Stephanie Henry, Steven Morrell, Tarik Castilho, Thalo Halo, Thea Phillips, Tina Ybarra, Tom McIntire, Xiao Xiao Wu
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Up in Smoke
Altered States, Open Minds
Throughout history, artists have sought expanded consciousness through ritual, meditation, trance, dream states, and yes, chemical catalysts. From the visionary mysticism of William Blake to the psychedelic explorations of Alex Grey, altered perception has shaped how we see, feel, and interpret reality.
Up in Smoke is a group exhibition exploring art created in, inspired by, or designed to enhance altered states of mind. This adults-only show welcomes the psychedelic, transcendental, euphoric, meditative, surreal, comedic, and mind-bending. We are interested in work that dissolves boundaries—between self and cosmos, body and spirit, logic and dream.
This exhibition is not about promoting substances. It is about perception. Expansion. Surrender. Even comedy! The thin veil between the visible and the unseen.
We invite artists to consider:
What does altered consciousness look like? How does it feel? Can a work of art shift a viewer’s state—slow them down, open them up, take them somewhere else?
This show will be shared on Artsy.net and may include mature themes and is intended for viewers 18+.
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Adam Stanzak, Adèle French, Alison McMahon, Amy Dillon, Archie Jones, Barry Jordan, Charise Mirabal, Clare Schmehl, Claudia Berman, Dunny Potter, Emily Tanaka, Fei Alexander, James Frost, Jason Thompso, Julie Beloussow, Julie Lipa, Karl Hauser, Kate Pickle, Kymm Swank, Liz schmidt, Lynette Toma , Matthew Plaza, Micha Riss, Michael D Usher, Scott Berrum, Sumin Joo, Wendy Nyx
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Protest—The Art of Activism
Revolution Is Not a Spectator Sport
Protest has always been a catalyst for artistic expression. From public dissent to personal resistance, protest art gives voice to injustice, demands change, and documents moments of social reckoning.
Protest: The Art of Activism is a group exhibition centered on the urgent need—not just the desire—to resist systems, policies, and power structures that cause harm. This show exists in direct response to what is happening in America and other places around the world, as people take to the streets to defend bodily autonomy, human rights, immigrant lives, queer and trans existence, racial justice, and collective freedom.
Artists: Adam Mazy, Adèle French, Alison McMahon, Annika Simmons, Armelle Vervialle Ngo, Barig Nalbantian, Barry Jordan, Carol Blum, Caroline Avent, Claudia Berman, Corinne Humphrey, D Hobson, Dar San Agustin, David Mack, David Schwittek, Debbie Novak, Devon Sharon, e . y . reilly, Emily Tanaka, Eryn Lewis, Eva Benedikt, Francis Ybanez, Francziska Steagall, Gin Lin, Gregory young, James Frost, James Thatcher, Janet Day, Jeanne May, Jen Dohner, Jennifer Myhre, Jennifer Wilkens, Jeremy Woodard, Jesse Aldana, Jessica Teckemeyer, Joanna Biondolillo, John Fleissner, Joma Geneciran, Judy Polstra, Karen Joy, Kathleen Fietz, Keith Kurlander, Kerry Sclafani, Kevin Perrault, Kim Stuart, Kimberlee Koym-Murteira, Kina Lee, Matthew Plaza, Meghan Quinn, Michael Usher, Michelle Victoria, Nick Shattuck, Peter Ashlock, Peter Sandback, Remedios Rapoport, Rhonda Urdang, Ron Romain, Sadie Duthu-Glover, Sarah Sipling, Sean Colella, Silvana D'Mikos, Stephanie Albion, Therese Verner, Tracy Murphy, Vince Quevedo, Wendy Nyx
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Red Light District
Red Light District slips into the intimate, flirtatious, and undeniably human space where sexuality and art meet.
This exhibition embraces the full spectrum of erotic expression—from the beautiful, restrained nude that holds you still, to the raw, strange, or unfiltered work that makes you shift in your seat. Sensual, humorous, elegant, gritty, delicate, provocative—this is work that understands how to command attention without asking permission.
Red Light District centers desire, touch, tension, fantasy, power, queerness, vulnerability, and the electric space between bodies. The erotic here is not performative shock—it’s honesty. Awkward, beautiful, complicated, funny, haunting. The kind of work artists are often told to soften, censor, or hide.
All mediums are welcome, including painting, photography, sculpture, illustration, digital, textile, mixed media, video, and installation. If it pulses with heat or truth, it belongs here.
This exhibition is 18+.
We especially encourage work from queer artists, artists of color, and artists with different abilities. No one is excluded, but these voices receive juried preference.
Red Light District is an invitation to show the work you’ve been afraid to show elsewhere—and a reminder that sexuality, in all its forms, is inseparable from the human experience.
Artists: Jey Austen, Bowen Beaty, Mark Dierker, Adèle French, James Frost, Dan Greene, Joseph Grice, Jared Hadfield, Thalo Halo, Sam Homan, Adrian Huth, Michael James, Margo laurence, Alison McMahon Johnson, Matthew Plaza, Thomas Pomarico, Dooney Potter, Vince Quevedo, Kristi Quint, Alison Reid, e . y . reilly, Micha Riss, Peter Sandback, Rob Syles, Michael Tole, Armelle Vervialle Ngo, Mackenzie Washington, Kathryn Winston, Leigh Witherell, Jeremy Woodard
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She Made This
An intimate show exclusively for the founding women of Not Shockboxx's Backboxx Artist Society to continue championing women's voices beyond Women's History Month.
Featuring work by: Sylvana Lankshear, Priscilla, Adele French, Sam Homan, Michele Allen Fulkerson
open call
Knot Sorry
Deadline to Apply: July 1, 2026
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. This exhibition celebrates work made by hand, by time, by tension. Quilts that carry stories. Garments that feel like armor or confession. Threads that bind, unravel, and reassemble meaning.
We’re interested in fiber as both material and message. The slow process. The repetitive act. The history stitched into every surface. And the ways artists are pushing these traditions into something sharper, stranger, more personal.
Bring us the pieces that blur the line between craft and fine art. The ones that feel obsessive. Tender. Unapologetic. Work that holds weight — physically or emotionally — whether it’s stitched, knotted, woven, sewn, or layered into mixed media.
This is about care and control. About labor you can see. About softness that doesn’t ask permission.
No apologies. No minimizing.
Knot Sorry.
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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.