Open House is a group exhibition presented by Borough Design and Thought Forms Studio celebrating Los Angeles’ modernist design legacy. Set within a mid-century home in the hills of Glassell Park, the exhibition creates an intimate dialogue between site and artistic practice. Featuring printmaking, woven textiles, ceramics, objects, painting, and scent, the artists share a sculptural approach to material and space. Each practice explores form, volume, geometry, and tactility, reflecting a commitment to both precision and expression. Together, these works offer a contemporary lens on what modernism means in Los Angeles today—shaped by its light, landscape, and iconic architecture.
Liesel Plambeck is a multidisciplinary artist and designer based in Los Angeles. Her work explores abstraction through a balance of mathematical precision and expressive form, often drawing on influences from Scandinavian minimalism and Eastern philosophy. This exhibition features paintings and large-scale works on paper including small artist editions of aquatint etchings, woodcuts, and serigraphs.
John Furgason presents “instruments” of the ongoing OTTO series. The project explores the intersection of sculptural, domestic, and architectural space as a modular still life. Embedded with performative and ritual qualities, each object is hand-shaped in wood and painted with gouache and milk paint.
Iris Delphine is a weaver based in Los Angeles and represented by Commune Design. She creates intricately woven light fixtures and wall works that combine unexpected materials like paper, raw minerals and copper. Her practice bridges modernist inspiration with natural forms, resulting in textured pieces that feel both grounded and ethereal.
Janna Stark is a ceramic artist and interior designer who creates architectural elements that transform how we experience space. Her lighting, custom tiles and pulls, and large-scale wall murals become integral to a building's identity—permanent works that shape the way people move through and remember a place. Stark's approach centers on the fundamental relationship between material and maker. Working with handmade stamps and raw clay, she develops pieces that represent the mark of human intention—work that stands as a counterpoint to industrial uniformity.
Susan Maddux (United States, b. Honolulu, Hawaii) is a multidisciplinary artist of mixed Japanese descent. Using gestures associated with domestic labor, traditional garment construction and folk craft, she transforms raw canvas stained with washes of pigment through meticulous folding and stacking into hanging reliefs that invoke themes of memory, time, and renewal.
Micheal is a ceramicist based in Los Angeles. He is captivated by the transformative power of the periodic table. By melting silica with the help of a variety of fluxes, he creates vibrant colors and unique textures in his pieces. His mission is to experiment with various inputs; temperature, elements, and their proportions to achieve this.
Charlotte Östergren-Young is a Swedish born, Los Angeles based, ceramic artist whose work is an intuitive and free flowing exploration of shape and color. She works with different clay bodies and techniques to explore their unique capabilities. Her current obsessions range from soft organic forms in juxtaposition to sharp angels. Her pieces start on the wheel which are then manipulated into sculptural organic and unexpectedly functional pieces. Her clay work is a constant source of discovery through curiosity, with no limits or limitations.