Groundwork

Ky Anderson, Mark Cowardin, Rie Egawa, Nathan Ford, Mark Joshua Epstein, and Leah Tacha

Curated by Sally Paul

May 1, 2026

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June 6, 2026

4th Floor, 1106 Santa Fe St
Kansas City

Groundwork is an exhibition of artists who are thinking about and playing with materials, layers, abstraction, substrate, and unique methods of research and preparation.

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Groundwork

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Groundwork

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Do You Still Want to Fuck Me?, 

Nathan Ford, 

2025, 

Cotton t-shirts, 

10 x 15 in

Groundwork

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Groundwork

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Mountains of Unfinished Business, 

Mark Joshua Epstein, 

2026, 

Acrylic and watercolor on paper, 

13 x 10 in

Groundwork

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Groundwork

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Columnar 1, 

Rie Egawa, 

2026, 

Gouache and glue on Strathmore paper, 

9.6 x 12 x 4 in

Groundwork

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Groundwork

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Shrug, 

Mark Cowardin, 

2026, 

Locally harvested hardwoods (maple, catalpa and basswood) and paint, 

63 x 13 x 10 in

Groundwork

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Groundwork

, Installation View