Exhibition: TETHER, Nick Fagan & Yacine Fall
Exhibition Dates: February 20 – March 1, 2026
Opening night: February 20, 5-8 PM
Hudson D. Walker Gallery
This work is concerned with socio-political and geographic relationships rooted in historic displacement. This kettle drum or timpani was sourced from Plymouth, MA from a stranger using the drum for ornamental home decor. The cow rumen acting as a growth and countering force of the drum was sourced from Connecticut through an enduring relationship between the artist and a butcher interested in a waste averse approach to cattle rearing and processing. The simple acquisition of these materials and objects conjures questions regarding possession, invisible labor, and conflict as the binding tension between these two forms.
— Yacine Fall, Visual Arts Fellow 2025-2026
About the Artists
Nick Fagan (Second-year Fellow) is a fabric artist and sculptor based in Michigan whose work deals with themes of mental health, disability, and the sincerity of physical/manual labor, among others. His work was most recently exhibited at the Seattle Art Fair, the Abigail Ogilvy Gallery (Boston, MA), Massey Klein (New York, NY), and op.cit./foundation Gallery (Mexico City, Mexico). He has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and the MASS MoCA Studio Program. His work has been featured or reviewed in several publications and media outlets, including BURNAWAY, NPR, Divergents Magazine, New American Paintings, and The Rib. Fagan’s awards include a Kennedy VSA Artists with Disabilities Award, and a Foundation of Contemporary Art Grant. He received his MFA in sculpture from Ohio State University in 2017 and BFA from Virginia commonwealth university.
Yacine Tilala Fall is an interdisciplinary conceptual artist whose work explores themes of heritage, ritual, and function through performance, sculpture, painting, and installation. Drawing from her Senegalese and Mauritanian roots, her practice examines the human body’s complex relationship with labor, history, and faith. Using natural materials, Fall’s art invites reflection on cultural identity and the enduring connections between the physical and spiritual realms.
