Lukasiewicz Gallery

July 3, 2025 - October 11, 2025

Chris Moss and Sue Fox had never met before the opening of this exhibition, living in different geographical states and with no obvious personal connections. Yet their works share a striking formal kinship: a distinct palette and careful division of the picture plane, though they arrive at it through different means and with different objectives. Despite their separate paths, both artists build visual languages that are deeply personal, process-driven, and charged with emotional depth. 

For over a decade, Moss’ studio practice has focused on the symbol of a simple smiley face – an icon of cheerful simplicity – that he has turned crusty and fragmented, exploring its infinite permutations. In Moss’ hand the face rises and falls, it peaks around corners, dissolves into texture, becomes masks and landscapes alike. Wavering between shock and fear, gritting their absent teeth, the faces exist in a state of constant expectation, waiting to see what will happen next. Their frozen expressions—consisting of candied, polychrome hues—suggest a world caught between forced cheer and existential dread, mirroring the dissonance of pop culture’s contradictory messaging. 

Fox’s process is similarly obsessive, though her approach diverges sharply. Working without a preconceived image, she assembles her collages one piece at a time, affixing individually cut papers edge to edge, never overlapping. This method recalls a monk illuminating a manuscript—reverent, precise, and meditative. From this labor emerges a kaleidoscopic vision: fields of pulsating color, waves of tonal shifts, textures that shimmer and recede. The resulting images are immersive and hypnotic—portals into abstract realms far removed from our solidly structured surroundings. 

Together, Moss and Fox offer parallel explorations of form and color, playing with the viewer’s perception, concealing and revealing forms of common imagery amongst a camouflage of multifaceted hues. Their works provide a journey through abstracted terrains and complex emotional landscapes, charted with devotion and care. 

Christopher Moss (b. 1977, Wilkes-Barre, PA) received a BFA in 2000 from Marywood University, Scranton, PA and an MFA in 2006 from CUNY Brooklyn College. His work has been included in multiple solo and group exhibitions at Theodore (New York, NY). He has also been included in exhibitions at Shaheen Contemporary (Cleveland, OH), Grizzly Grizzly (Philadelphia, PA), Field Projects (New York), LABspace (Hillsdale, NY), SEASON (Seattle, WA), and Sulfur Studios (Savannah, GA) among many others. He lives and works in his back yard in Savannah, GA. 

Sue Fox is a mixed media artist from Chicago living in Chattanooga, TN. She graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2003 and has shown extensively throughout the United States. Her work largely focuses on meditation through color exploration. She is a practitioner of Chinese Medicine and asserts that her art career is just as important to her medical practice as her medical practice is important to her art career. She has been published in Numbers Inc and Studio Art Magazine and has shown multiple times with Kai Lin Gallery in Atlanta, GA, Gallery Studio Oh in Chicago,IL, and Wavelength Gallery & Channel to Channel in Chattanooga TN. Recently, she received 1st place in the Eugene Brown Memorial Show (an annual art show for Miami Tribal Members) at the Myaamia Heritage Center, in Miami, OK. She has just returned from an eight-month sabbatical in Asia where she completed residencies at Saikoneon in Fujikawchiko, Japan and other locations.