Don't Miss Midway Gallery's PROGRESSION Closing Reception July 23rd

The Midway Gallery invites you to the Closing Reception of: 

PROGRESSION

by Olga Shmuylovich

in collaboration with Petra Dankova and the late Nikolay Cherny

July 23, 2026

6pm to 8pm

Film Screening at 7pm

R.S.V.P.

The Art Tunnel @ Midway Gallery

Midway Artist Studios

15 Channel Center Street

“Permanence of Progression is the intrinsic feature of making Art – where ever transubstantiating matter of art-making is artists’ reflection on the world we find ourselves in while being an inseparable part of this world.” — Olga Shmuylovich

Step into PROGRESSION, a site-specific installation by Olga Shmuylovich that strategically utilizes a "tunnel effect" to guide viewers into an enveloping, evolving environment. Viewers will encounter a sequence of expressive gesture sketches on black paper—captured during live figure drawing sessions at Midway—complemented by white paper face reliefs that pull the urgency of the human form directly into the viewer's physical space. At the end of the Art Tunnel under a luminous "EXIT" sign, a structural piece carries a collective human and artistic weight, echoing themes from the artist’s previous projects while simultaneously pulsing with the vibrant energy of current moments and the natural progression of the creator.

Ultimately, PROGRESSION offers a universally soothing reminder that art can ditch the pressure of rigid perfectionism and expectation—exploring the comfort found when the raw, unpolished process of making art becomes the ultimate destination.