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THE ELEMENTAL @the.elemental will feature Phillip K. Smith III @phillipksmith3 in conversation with Steven Biller @stevenbiller_x as part of our ongoing Dialogue & Exploration series. The discussion will focus on the past, present and future of the Light & Space movement.

Additionally, THE ELEMENTAL’s current exhibition Fractured Horizon: Explorations in Light & Atmosphere will be on view featuring works by:

GUILLERMO CELIS
CRISTOPHER CICHOCKI
CAMERON GAINER
DAVID WALLACE HASKINS
SEBASTIAN KNOT
SHANA MABARI
MARIE-LUCE NADAL
JAVIER PELÁEZ
RAÚL REBOLLEDO
CHRIS SANCHEZ
PHILLIP K. SMITH III
RICHARD TWEDT
GLEN WEXLER

American artist Phillip K. Smith III (b. Calif., 1972) uses light as a medium to create optically shifting sculptures and site-specific installations. His minimal but imposing interventions into vast outdoor landscapes and more discreetly scaled sculptures are nuanced perceptual encounters in response to the unique conditions of site and context. Expansile and living, Smith’s boundary-dissolving sculptures alter the interplay of light, color, and surface in an expanded field, proposing shifts in experiential pace to modify the viewer’s physical encounter. Trained as an artist and an architect at Rhode Island School of Design, Smith incorporates the site-specificity of architecture, with its reliance on scale and its capacity to physically impact the human interaction it supports to create immersive viewing experiences.

Steven Biller has spent more than two decades advancing art in California’s desert as a journalist, editor, consultant, curator, and leader. As longtime editorial director of Palm Springs Life, he transformed the magazine into a leading voice on arts, architecture, and design, while launching Palm Springs Life Arts + Culture, now in its third decade. His work has elevated regional artists, expanded audiences, and helped shape the cultural identity of the Coachella Valley and High Desert.

THE ELEMENTAL is a contemporary center for the arts located in Palm Springs, California available for viewing by appointment.

SOLD OUT - Seating RSVP is now full

THE ELEMENTAL @the.elemental will feature Phillip K. Smith III @phillipksmith3 in conversation with Steven Biller @stevenbiller_x as part of our ongoing Dialogue & Exploration series. The discussion will focus on the past, present and future of the Light & Space movement.

Additionally, THE ELEMENTAL’s current exhibition Fractured Horizon: Explorations in Light & Atmosphere will be on view featuring works by:

GUILLERMO CELIS
CRISTOPHER CICHOCKI
CAMERON GAINER
DAVID WALLACE HASKINS
SEBASTIAN KNOT
SHANA MABARI
MARIE-LUCE NADAL
JAVIER PELÁEZ
RAÚL REBOLLEDO
CHRIS SANCHEZ
PHILLIP K. SMITH III
RICHARD TWEDT
GLEN WEXLER

American artist Phillip K. Smith III (b. Calif., 1972) uses light as a medium to create optically shifting sculptures and site-specific installations. His minimal but imposing interventions into vast outdoor landscapes and more discreetly scaled sculptures are nuanced perceptual encounters in response to the unique conditions of site and context. Expansile and living, Smith’s boundary-dissolving sculptures alter the interplay of light, color, and surface in an expanded field, proposing shifts in experiential pace to modify the viewer’s physical encounter. Trained as an artist and an architect at Rhode Island School of Design, Smith incorporates the site-specificity of architecture, with its reliance on scale and its capacity to physically impact the human interaction it supports to create immersive viewing experiences.

Steven Biller has spent more than two decades advancing art in California’s desert as a journalist, editor, consultant, curator, and leader. As longtime editorial director of Palm Springs Life, he transformed the magazine into a leading voice on arts, architecture, and design, while launching Palm Springs Life Arts + Culture, now in its third decade. His work has elevated regional artists, expanded audiences, and helped shape the cultural identity of the Coachella Valley and High Desert.

THE ELEMENTAL is a contemporary center for the arts located in Palm Springs, California available for viewing by appointment.

SOLD OUT - Seating RSVP is now full

THE ELEMENTAL @the.elemental will feature Phillip K. Smith III @phillipksmith3 in conversation with Steven Biller @stevenbiller_x as part of our ongoing Dialogue & Exploration series. The discussion will focus on the past, present and future of the Light & Space movement.

Additionally, THE ELEMENTAL’s current exhibition Fractured Horizon: Explorations in Light & Atmosphere will be on view featuring works by:

GUILLERMO CELIS
CRISTOPHER CICHOCKI
CAMERON GAINER
DAVID WALLACE HASKINS
SEBASTIAN KNOT
SHANA MABARI
MARIE-LUCE NADAL
JAVIER PELÁEZ
RAÚL REBOLLEDO
CHRIS SANCHEZ
PHILLIP K. SMITH III
RICHARD TWEDT
GLEN WEXLER

American artist Phillip K. Smith III (b. Calif., 1972) uses light as a medium to create optically shifting sculptures and site-specific installations. His minimal but imposing interventions into vast outdoor landscapes and more discreetly scaled sculptures are nuanced perceptual encounters in response to the unique conditions of site and context. Expansile and living, Smith’s boundary-dissolving sculptures alter the interplay of light, color, and surface in an expanded field, proposing shifts in experiential pace to modify the viewer’s physical encounter. Trained as an artist and an architect at Rhode Island School of Design, Smith incorporates the site-specificity of architecture, with its reliance on scale and its capacity to physically impact the human interaction it supports to create immersive viewing experiences.

Steven Biller has spent more than two decades advancing art in California’s desert as a journalist, editor, consultant, curator, and leader. As longtime editorial director of Palm Springs Life, he transformed the magazine into a leading voice on arts, architecture, and design, while launching Palm Springs Life Arts + Culture, now in its third decade. His work has elevated regional artists, expanded audiences, and helped shape the cultural identity of the Coachella Valley and High Desert.

THE ELEMENTAL is a contemporary center for the arts located in Palm Springs, California available for viewing by appointment.

SOLD OUT - Seating RSVP is now full

THE ELEMENTAL @the.elemental will feature Phillip K. Smith III @phillipksmith3 in conversation with Steven Biller @stevenbiller_x as part of our ongoing Dialogue & Exploration series. The discussion will focus on the past, present and future of the Light & Space movement.

Additionally, THE ELEMENTAL’s current exhibition Fractured Horizon: Explorations in Light & Atmosphere will be on view featuring works by:

GUILLERMO CELIS
CRISTOPHER CICHOCKI
CAMERON GAINER
DAVID WALLACE HASKINS
SEBASTIAN KNOT
SHANA MABARI
MARIE-LUCE NADAL
JAVIER PELÁEZ
RAÚL REBOLLEDO
CHRIS SANCHEZ
PHILLIP K. SMITH III
RICHARD TWEDT
GLEN WEXLER

American artist Phillip K. Smith III (b. Calif., 1972) uses light as a medium to create optically shifting sculptures and site-specific installations. His minimal but imposing interventions into vast outdoor landscapes and more discreetly scaled sculptures are nuanced perceptual encounters in response to the unique conditions of site and context. Expansile and living, Smith’s boundary-dissolving sculptures alter the interplay of light, color, and surface in an expanded field, proposing shifts in experiential pace to modify the viewer’s physical encounter. Trained as an artist and an architect at Rhode Island School of Design, Smith incorporates the site-specificity of architecture, with its reliance on scale and its capacity to physically impact the human interaction it supports to create immersive viewing experiences.

Steven Biller has spent more than two decades advancing art in California’s desert as a journalist, editor, consultant, curator, and leader. As longtime editorial director of Palm Springs Life, he transformed the magazine into a leading voice on arts, architecture, and design, while launching Palm Springs Life Arts + Culture, now in its third decade. His work has elevated regional artists, expanded audiences, and helped shape the cultural identity of the Coachella Valley and High Desert.

THE ELEMENTAL is a contemporary center for the arts located in Palm Springs, California available for viewing by appointment.

THE ELEMENTAL presents:
FRACTURED HORIZON
Explorations in Light & Atmosphere

This interdisciplinary exhibition brings together an international array of thirteen artists working within experimental frameworks of light, space, and atmospheric perception. Through immersive and sensorial approaches, Fractured Horizon examines how environments are shaped, dissolved, and reimagined through luminous and spatial phenomena.

THE ELEMENTAL @the.elemental is a contemporary center for the arts located in Palm Springs, founded in 2021 in collaboration with Fondation LAccolade @fondationlaccolade and Epicenter Projects, operating under the 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsorship of Fulcrum Arts.

@guillermo.celis.estudio
@cristophercichocki
@cameronkgainer
@davidwallacehaskins
@sebastiaanknot
@shanamabari
@marieluce.nadal
@javierpelaezg
@raul.rebolledo.m
@kasinfinite
@phillipksmith3
@glenwexlerstudio

Thanks to Whitehot Magazine @whitehotmagazine & artist/writer Lorien Suarez @loriensuarez for the article featuring our current show at THE ELEMENTAL. (article link in bio 📖)

Fractured Horizon: Explorations in Light & Atmosphere

On view through May 16th by appointment via @the.elemental featuring an international curation of works by:

@guillermo.celis.estudio
@cristophercichocki
@cameronkgainer
@davidwallacehaskins
@sebastiaanknot
@shanamabari
@marieluce.nadal
@javierpelaezg
@raul.rebolledo.m
@kasinfinite
@phillipksmith3
@glenwexlerstudio

#lightandspace #installationart #contemporaryart #theelemental

HIGHLIGHT presented by THE ELEMENTAL
Opening Reception - Friday, March 27 6-9pm

HIGHLIGHT is the new annex gallery of THE ELEMENTAL showcasing a curation of works by regional and international artists focused on the intersection of art, environment, science, and nature.

Featuring works by:

Diego Ascencio-Fuentes
Guillermo Celis
Cristopher Cichocki
Zoe Crosher
Cameron Gainer
Lance Gerber
Omar Guerra M
Bianca Juarez
Marie-Luce Nadal
Chris Sanchez
Sahba Shere
Said Urbina
Rebecca Webb
Glen Wexler
Yahou Brothers

@diegoascenciofuentes
@guillermo.celis.estudio
@cristophercichocki
@zoecrosher
@cameronkgainer
@lance.gerber
@omar.guerra.studio
@biancaceramica
@marieluce.nadal
@kasinfinite
@sahbashereart
@s.urbinaaa
@rebeccawebbstudio
@glenwexlerstudio
@yahoubrothers

HIGHLIGHT presented by THE ELEMENTAL
Opening Reception - Friday, March 27 6-9pm

HIGHLIGHT is the new annex gallery of THE ELEMENTAL showcasing a curation of works by regional and international artists focused on the intersection of art, environment, science, and nature.

Featuring works by:

Diego Ascencio-Fuentes
Guillermo Celis
Cristopher Cichocki
Zoe Crosher
Cameron Gainer
Lance Gerber
Omar Guerra M
Bianca Juarez
Marie-Luce Nadal
Chris Sanchez
Sahba Shere
Said Urbina
Rebecca Webb
Glen Wexler
Yahou Brothers

@diegoascenciofuentes
@guillermo.celis.estudio
@cristophercichocki
@zoecrosher
@cameronkgainer
@lance.gerber
@omar.guerra.studio
@biancaceramica
@marieluce.nadal
@kasinfinite
@sahbashereart
@s.urbinaaa
@rebeccawebbstudio
@glenwexlerstudio
@yahoubrothers

On view by appointment @the.elemental

THE ELEMENTAL presents:

FRACTURED HORIZON
Explorations in Light & Atmosphere

Guillermo Celis
Cristopher Cichocki
Cameron Gainer
David Wallace Haskins
Sebastiaan Knot
Shana Mabari
Marie-Luce Nadal
Javier Peláez
Raúl Rebolledo
Chris Sanchez
Phillip K. Smith III
Richard Twedt
Glen Wexler

curated by Cristopher Cichocki

This interdisciplinary exhibition brings together an international array of thirteen artists working within experimental frameworks of light, space, and atmospheric perception. Through immersive and sensorial approaches, Fractured Horizon examines how environments are shaped, dissolved, and reimagined through luminous and spatial phenomena.

THE ELEMENTAL @the.elemental is a contemporary center for the arts located in Palm Springs, founded in 2021 in collaboration with Fondation LAccolade @fondationlaccolade and Epicenter Projects, operating under the 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsorship of Fulcrum Arts.

@guillermo.celis.estudio
@cristophercichocki
@cameronkgainer
@davidwallacehaskins
@sebastiaanknot
@shanamabari
@marieluce.nadal
@javierpelaezg
@raul.rebolledo.m
@kasinfinite
@phillipksmith3
@glenwexlerstudio

On view by appointment @the.elemental

THE ELEMENTAL presents:

FRACTURED HORIZON
Explorations in Light & Atmosphere

Guillermo Celis
Cristopher Cichocki
Cameron Gainer
David Wallace Haskins
Sebastiaan Knot
Shana Mabari
Marie-Luce Nadal
Javier Peláez
Raúl Rebolledo
Chris Sanchez
Phillip K. Smith III
Richard Twedt
Glen Wexler

curated by Cristopher Cichocki

This interdisciplinary exhibition brings together an international array of thirteen artists working within experimental frameworks of light, space, and atmospheric perception. Through immersive and sensorial approaches, Fractured Horizon examines how environments are shaped, dissolved, and reimagined through luminous and spatial phenomena.

THE ELEMENTAL @the.elemental is a contemporary center for the arts located in Palm Springs, founded in 2021 in collaboration with Fondation LAccolade @fondationlaccolade and Epicenter Projects, operating under the 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsorship of Fulcrum Arts.

@guillermo.celis.estudio
@cristophercichocki
@cameronkgainer
@davidwallacehaskins
@sebastiaanknot
@shanamabari
@marieluce.nadal
@javierpelaezg
@raul.rebolledo.m
@kasinfinite
@phillipksmith3
@glenwexlerstudio

On view by appointment @the.elemental

THE ELEMENTAL presents:

FRACTURED HORIZON
Explorations in Light & Atmosphere

Guillermo Celis
Cristopher Cichocki
Cameron Gainer
David Wallace Haskins
Sebastiaan Knot
Shana Mabari
Marie-Luce Nadal
Javier Peláez
Raúl Rebolledo
Chris Sanchez
Phillip K. Smith III
Richard Twedt
Glen Wexler

curated by Cristopher Cichocki

This interdisciplinary exhibition brings together an international array of thirteen artists working within experimental frameworks of light, space, and atmospheric perception. Through immersive and sensorial approaches, Fractured Horizon examines how environments are shaped, dissolved, and reimagined through luminous and spatial phenomena.

THE ELEMENTAL @the.elemental is a contemporary center for the arts located in Palm Springs, founded in 2021 in collaboration with Fondation LAccolade @fondationlaccolade and Epicenter Projects, operating under the 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsorship of Fulcrum Arts.

@guillermo.celis.estudio
@cristophercichocki
@cameronkgainer
@davidwallacehaskins
@sebastiaanknot
@shanamabari
@marieluce.nadal
@javierpelaezg
@raul.rebolledo.m
@kasinfinite
@phillipksmith3
@glenwexlerstudio

On view by appointment @the.elemental

THE ELEMENTAL presents:

FRACTURED HORIZON
Explorations in Light & Atmosphere

Guillermo Celis
Cristopher Cichocki
Cameron Gainer
David Wallace Haskins
Sebastiaan Knot
Shana Mabari
Marie-Luce Nadal
Javier Peláez
Raúl Rebolledo
Chris Sanchez
Phillip K. Smith III
Richard Twedt
Glen Wexler

curated by Cristopher Cichocki

This interdisciplinary exhibition brings together an international array of thirteen artists working within experimental frameworks of light, space, and atmospheric perception. Through immersive and sensorial approaches, Fractured Horizon examines how environments are shaped, dissolved, and reimagined through luminous and spatial phenomena.

THE ELEMENTAL @the.elemental is a contemporary center for the arts located in Palm Springs, founded in 2021 in collaboration with Fondation LAccolade @fondationlaccolade and Epicenter Projects, operating under the 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsorship of Fulcrum Arts.

@guillermo.celis.estudio
@cristophercichocki
@cameronkgainer
@davidwallacehaskins
@sebastiaanknot
@shanamabari
@marieluce.nadal
@javierpelaezg
@raul.rebolledo.m
@kasinfinite
@phillipksmith3
@glenwexlerstudio

On view by appointment @the.elemental

THE ELEMENTAL presents:

FRACTURED HORIZON
Explorations in Light & Atmosphere

Guillermo Celis
Cristopher Cichocki
Cameron Gainer
David Wallace Haskins
Sebastiaan Knot
Shana Mabari
Marie-Luce Nadal
Javier Peláez
Raúl Rebolledo
Chris Sanchez
Phillip K. Smith III
Richard Twedt
Glen Wexler

curated by Cristopher Cichocki

This interdisciplinary exhibition brings together an international array of thirteen artists working within experimental frameworks of light, space, and atmospheric perception. Through immersive and sensorial approaches, Fractured Horizon examines how environments are shaped, dissolved, and reimagined through luminous and spatial phenomena.

THE ELEMENTAL @the.elemental is a contemporary center for the arts located in Palm Springs, founded in 2021 in collaboration with Fondation LAccolade @fondationlaccolade and Epicenter Projects, operating under the 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsorship of Fulcrum Arts.

@guillermo.celis.estudio
@cristophercichocki
@cameronkgainer
@davidwallacehaskins
@sebastiaanknot
@shanamabari
@marieluce.nadal
@javierpelaezg
@raul.rebolledo.m
@kasinfinite
@phillipksmith3
@glenwexlerstudio

On view by appointment @the.elemental

THE ELEMENTAL presents:

FRACTURED HORIZON
Explorations in Light & Atmosphere

Guillermo Celis
Cristopher Cichocki
Cameron Gainer
David Wallace Haskins
Sebastiaan Knot
Shana Mabari
Marie-Luce Nadal
Javier Peláez
Raúl Rebolledo
Chris Sanchez
Phillip K. Smith III
Richard Twedt
Glen Wexler

curated by Cristopher Cichocki

This interdisciplinary exhibition brings together an international array of thirteen artists working within experimental frameworks of light, space, and atmospheric perception. Through immersive and sensorial approaches, Fractured Horizon examines how environments are shaped, dissolved, and reimagined through luminous and spatial phenomena.

THE ELEMENTAL @the.elemental is a contemporary center for the arts located in Palm Springs, founded in 2021 in collaboration with Fondation LAccolade @fondationlaccolade and Epicenter Projects, operating under the 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsorship of Fulcrum Arts.

@guillermo.celis.estudio
@cristophercichocki
@cameronkgainer
@davidwallacehaskins
@sebastiaanknot
@shanamabari
@marieluce.nadal
@javierpelaezg
@raul.rebolledo.m
@kasinfinite
@phillipksmith3
@glenwexlerstudio

On view by appointment @the.elemental

THE ELEMENTAL presents:

FRACTURED HORIZON
Explorations in Light & Atmosphere

Guillermo Celis
Cristopher Cichocki
Cameron Gainer
David Wallace Haskins
Sebastiaan Knot
Shana Mabari
Marie-Luce Nadal
Javier Peláez
Raúl Rebolledo
Chris Sanchez
Phillip K. Smith III
Richard Twedt
Glen Wexler

curated by Cristopher Cichocki

This interdisciplinary exhibition brings together an international array of thirteen artists working within experimental frameworks of light, space, and atmospheric perception. Through immersive and sensorial approaches, Fractured Horizon examines how environments are shaped, dissolved, and reimagined through luminous and spatial phenomena.

THE ELEMENTAL @the.elemental is a contemporary center for the arts located in Palm Springs, founded in 2021 in collaboration with Fondation LAccolade @fondationlaccolade and Epicenter Projects, operating under the 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsorship of Fulcrum Arts.

@guillermo.celis.estudio
@cristophercichocki
@cameronkgainer
@davidwallacehaskins
@sebastiaanknot
@shanamabari
@marieluce.nadal
@javierpelaezg
@raul.rebolledo.m
@kasinfinite
@phillipksmith3
@glenwexlerstudio

Saturday, January 24 at THE ELEMENTAL

THE ELEMENTAL @the.elemental presents the closing night activation of Cristopher Cichocki: Primordial Waters — Chapter 2.0: Beyond Land & Sea

This final evening transforms Cichocki’s evolving exhibition into a live ensemble of sight and sound, featuring a collaborative performance with Jonathan Snipes (clipping.) and Seth Kasselman (Warm Climate).

The event also marks the 10-year anniversary of Circular Dimensions, Cristopher Cichocki’s ever-evolving audiovisual performance series.

THE ELEMENTAL
a contemporary center for the arts

presents:
Primordial Waters
×
Circular Dimensions

January 24, 2026
8–10 PM
Free admission | Ages 13+

More info: theelemental.org

THE ELEMENTAL would like to thank our founding partners Fondation LACcolade, Fulcrum Arts, and the community of supporters who make our programming a reality.

#soundart #installationart #contemporaryart

Thank you to @palmspringslifemagazine for recognizing THE ELEMENTAL @the.elemental as the best multi-media gallery in the region, and additional thanks to @stevenbiller_x for highlighting Primordial Waters Chapter 2.0: Beyond Land & Sea by @cristophercichocki as a must see exhibition for this season.

photo documentation: 1-3 @lance.gerber

Thank you to @palmspringslifemagazine for recognizing THE ELEMENTAL @the.elemental as the best multi-media gallery in the region, and additional thanks to @stevenbiller_x for highlighting Primordial Waters Chapter 2.0: Beyond Land & Sea by @cristophercichocki as a must see exhibition for this season.

photo documentation: 1-3 @lance.gerber

Thank you to @palmspringslifemagazine for recognizing THE ELEMENTAL @the.elemental as the best multi-media gallery in the region, and additional thanks to @stevenbiller_x for highlighting Primordial Waters Chapter 2.0: Beyond Land & Sea by @cristophercichocki as a must see exhibition for this season.

photo documentation: 1-3 @lance.gerber

Thank you to @palmspringslifemagazine for recognizing THE ELEMENTAL @the.elemental as the best multi-media gallery in the region, and additional thanks to @stevenbiller_x for highlighting Primordial Waters Chapter 2.0: Beyond Land & Sea by @cristophercichocki as a must see exhibition for this season.

photo documentation: 1-3 @lance.gerber

Thank you to @palmspringslifemagazine for recognizing THE ELEMENTAL @the.elemental as the best multi-media gallery in the region, and additional thanks to @stevenbiller_x for highlighting Primordial Waters Chapter 2.0: Beyond Land & Sea by @cristophercichocki as a must see exhibition for this season.

photo documentation: 1-3 @lance.gerber

THE ELEMENTAL presents DIALOGUE & EXPLORATION featuring Cristopher Cichocki @cristophercichocki in conversation with Sharrissa Iqbal @sharrissaiqbal to discuss Cichocki’s current exhibition on view at THE ELEMENTAL: Primordial Waters - Chapter 2.0: Beyond Land & Sea.

* LIMITED RSVP - (Required RSVP Link in bio)
 
Cristopher Cichocki’s exploration of art, ecology, and time offers a constellation of paintings, sculptures, video, sound, and light-based works that deepen his investigation into humanity’s relationship with the natural world. For nearly two decades, Cichocki has transformed the desert’s parched landscapes and industrial remnants into an ecological language of form and sound. Cichocki embraces the traditions of land art and the light and space movement, but his sensibility feels distinctly 21st century — data driven and rooted in environmental urgency.

Sharrissa Iqbal specializes in American art with a focus on artistic abstraction in Southern California. She earned her PhD in Visual Studies at the University of California, Irvine in 2021 and her MA in the History and Theory of Contemporary Art at the San Francisco Art Institute in 2014. As Associate Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art at the Palm Springs Art Museum, she co-curated the exhibition Particles and Waves: Southern California Abstraction and Science, 1945-1990 in conjunction with The Getty’s Pacific Standard Time initiative. Iqbal was one of just three honorees from the Coachella Valley who were recognized as the Women Who Lead 2025 by Palm Springs Life Magazine.
 
For additional information please visit: theelemental.org

Join us Saturday afternoon @the.elemental for open viewing hours of Cristopher Cichocki / Primordial Waters - Chapter 2.0: Beyond Land & Sea. Additionally, the gallery will have open hours every Saturday through January 24th from 12pm - 4pm

Primordial Waters - Chapter 2.0: Beyond Land & Sea continues artist Cristopher Cichocki’s exploration of art, ecology, and time. This chapter offers a constellation of paintings, sculptures, video, sound, and light-based works that deepen his investigation into humanity’s relationship with the natural world.

For nearly two decades, Cichocki has transformed the desert’s parched landscapes and industrial remnants into an ecological language of form and sound. His materials often come directly from the desert itself: barnacles and debris collected from the Salton Sea, emergency water canisters stamped with Cold War insignia, and fragments of rusted metal recast in luminous resin and chrome. The resulting works blur the prehistoric and the post-industrial, the elemental and the technological.

Cichocki embraces the traditions of land art and the light and space movement, but his sensibility feels distinctly 21st century — data driven and rooted in environmental urgency.

His ongoing audiovisual series, Circular Dimensions, returns to THE ELEMENTAL throughout the exhibition’s run, activating the space with live performances that merge sound, projection, and ritual gesture.

for more info visit: theelemental.org

Join us Saturday afternoon @the.elemental for open viewing hours of Cristopher Cichocki / Primordial Waters - Chapter 2.0: Beyond Land & Sea. Additionally, the gallery will have open hours every Saturday through January 24th from 12pm - 4pm

Primordial Waters - Chapter 2.0: Beyond Land & Sea continues artist Cristopher Cichocki’s exploration of art, ecology, and time. This chapter offers a constellation of paintings, sculptures, video, sound, and light-based works that deepen his investigation into humanity’s relationship with the natural world.

For nearly two decades, Cichocki has transformed the desert’s parched landscapes and industrial remnants into an ecological language of form and sound. His materials often come directly from the desert itself: barnacles and debris collected from the Salton Sea, emergency water canisters stamped with Cold War insignia, and fragments of rusted metal recast in luminous resin and chrome. The resulting works blur the prehistoric and the post-industrial, the elemental and the technological.

Cichocki embraces the traditions of land art and the light and space movement, but his sensibility feels distinctly 21st century — data driven and rooted in environmental urgency.

His ongoing audiovisual series, Circular Dimensions, returns to THE ELEMENTAL throughout the exhibition’s run, activating the space with live performances that merge sound, projection, and ritual gesture.

for more info visit: theelemental.org

@the.elemental - Every Saturday through January 24th will be Open Hours from 12pm - 4pm to view the exhibition:

Cristopher Cichocki / Primordial Waters - Chapter 2.0: Beyond Land & Sea.

Primordial Waters - Chapter 2.0: Beyond Land & Sea continues artist Cristopher Cichocki’s exploration of art, ecology, and time. This chapter offers a constellation of paintings, sculptures, video, sound, and light-based works that deepen his investigation into humanity’s relationship with the natural world.
For nearly two decades, Cichocki has transformed the desert’s parched landscapes and industrial remnants into an ecological language of form and sound. His materials often come directly from the desert itself: barnacles and debris collected from the Salton Sea, emergency water canisters stamped with Cold War insignia, and fragments of rusted metal recast in luminous resin and chrome. The resulting works blur the prehistoric and the post-industrial, the elemental and the technological.

Cichocki embraces the traditions of land art and the light and space movement, but his sensibility feels distinctly 21st century — data driven and rooted in environmental urgency.

His ongoing audiovisual series, Circular Dimensions, returns to THE ELEMENTAL throughout the exhibition’s run, activating the space with live performances that merge sound, projection, and ritual gesture.

for more info visit: theelemental.org

Opening Reception: Saturday, December 6th, 6–10pm

THE ELEMENTAL is pleased to present Cristopher Cichocki: Primordial Waters — Chapter 2.0: Beyond Land & Sea.

In this expanded iteration of Cichocki’s evolving solo exhibition, the artist intensifies his immersive, multi-sensory environment—an ever-shifting convergence of Land Art, Light and Space, and post-industrial transformation. Primordial Waters — Chapter 2.0 extends Cichocki’s ongoing investigation into the thresholds between organic and synthetic worlds, inviting viewers into a heightened perceptual landscape where ecology, illumination, and material mutation intersect.

THE ELEMENTAL @the.elemental is a contemporary center for the arts founded in collaboration with Fondation LAccolade @fondationlaccolade & Epicenter Projects.

exhibition video: @visualcache

Installation views of the exhibition ‘MODERN / DESERT’ that was on view this past February at @the.elemental in Palm Springs, CA. Curated by @cristophercichocki
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My work titled ‘Currents’ showcased 4 unique photographs that investigate both permanence and impermanence, memory, relationships and environment through the manipulation of the landscape in the form of ephemeral dust sculpture, aesthetically veering into light and space land art.
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The collection offers each photograph at 34”x44” edition of 10, and 42”x56” edition of 5.
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Slide 11 Converge, slide 12 Coalescence, slide 13 Adrift, slide 14 Mirage.
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My work is still available to view at @the.elemental by appointment. Please reach out for a private viewing.
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MODERN / DESERT featured exhibitions included @monakuhnstudio The Schindler House: A Love Affair / @lance.gerber Currents / @glenwexlerstudio White Sands / @zoecrosher From the Disappearing of Michelle duBois
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#photography #contemporaryphotography #art #contemporaryart #modernart #largescaleart #immersiveart #experiential #experientialart #photographicart #photo #museum #gallery #artgallery #artist #artexhibition #exhibitionart #publicart #lightandspace #palmsprings #palmdesert #coachella #lancegerber #monakuhn #glenwexler #zoecrosher

Installation views of the exhibition ‘MODERN / DESERT’ that was on view this past February at @the.elemental in Palm Springs, CA. Curated by @cristophercichocki
.
My work titled ‘Currents’ showcased 4 unique photographs that investigate both permanence and impermanence, memory, relationships and environment through the manipulation of the landscape in the form of ephemeral dust sculpture, aesthetically veering into light and space land art.
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The collection offers each photograph at 34”x44” edition of 10, and 42”x56” edition of 5.
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Slide 11 Converge, slide 12 Coalescence, slide 13 Adrift, slide 14 Mirage.
.
My work is still available to view at @the.elemental by appointment. Please reach out for a private viewing.
.
MODERN / DESERT featured exhibitions included @monakuhnstudio The Schindler House: A Love Affair / @lance.gerber Currents / @glenwexlerstudio White Sands / @zoecrosher From the Disappearing of Michelle duBois
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#photography #contemporaryphotography #art #contemporaryart #modernart #largescaleart #immersiveart #experiential #experientialart #photographicart #photo #museum #gallery #artgallery #artist #artexhibition #exhibitionart #publicart #lightandspace #palmsprings #palmdesert #coachella #lancegerber #monakuhn #glenwexler #zoecrosher

Installation views of the exhibition ‘MODERN / DESERT’ that was on view this past February at @the.elemental in Palm Springs, CA. Curated by @cristophercichocki
.
My work titled ‘Currents’ showcased 4 unique photographs that investigate both permanence and impermanence, memory, relationships and environment through the manipulation of the landscape in the form of ephemeral dust sculpture, aesthetically veering into light and space land art.
.
The collection offers each photograph at 34”x44” edition of 10, and 42”x56” edition of 5.
.
Slide 11 Converge, slide 12 Coalescence, slide 13 Adrift, slide 14 Mirage.
.
My work is still available to view at @the.elemental by appointment. Please reach out for a private viewing.
.
MODERN / DESERT featured exhibitions included @monakuhnstudio The Schindler House: A Love Affair / @lance.gerber Currents / @glenwexlerstudio White Sands / @zoecrosher From the Disappearing of Michelle duBois
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#photography #contemporaryphotography #art #contemporaryart #modernart #largescaleart #immersiveart #experiential #experientialart #photographicart #photo #museum #gallery #artgallery #artist #artexhibition #exhibitionart #publicart #lightandspace #palmsprings #palmdesert #coachella #lancegerber #monakuhn #glenwexler #zoecrosher

Installation views of the exhibition ‘MODERN / DESERT’ that was on view this past February at @the.elemental in Palm Springs, CA. Curated by @cristophercichocki
.
My work titled ‘Currents’ showcased 4 unique photographs that investigate both permanence and impermanence, memory, relationships and environment through the manipulation of the landscape in the form of ephemeral dust sculpture, aesthetically veering into light and space land art.
.
The collection offers each photograph at 34”x44” edition of 10, and 42”x56” edition of 5.
.
Slide 11 Converge, slide 12 Coalescence, slide 13 Adrift, slide 14 Mirage.
.
My work is still available to view at @the.elemental by appointment. Please reach out for a private viewing.
.
MODERN / DESERT featured exhibitions included @monakuhnstudio The Schindler House: A Love Affair / @lance.gerber Currents / @glenwexlerstudio White Sands / @zoecrosher From the Disappearing of Michelle duBois
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#photography #contemporaryphotography #art #contemporaryart #modernart #largescaleart #immersiveart #experiential #experientialart #photographicart #photo #museum #gallery #artgallery #artist #artexhibition #exhibitionart #publicart #lightandspace #palmsprings #palmdesert #coachella #lancegerber #monakuhn #glenwexler #zoecrosher

Installation views of the exhibition ‘MODERN / DESERT’ that was on view this past February at @the.elemental in Palm Springs, CA. Curated by @cristophercichocki
.
My work titled ‘Currents’ showcased 4 unique photographs that investigate both permanence and impermanence, memory, relationships and environment through the manipulation of the landscape in the form of ephemeral dust sculpture, aesthetically veering into light and space land art.
.
The collection offers each photograph at 34”x44” edition of 10, and 42”x56” edition of 5.
.
Slide 11 Converge, slide 12 Coalescence, slide 13 Adrift, slide 14 Mirage.
.
My work is still available to view at @the.elemental by appointment. Please reach out for a private viewing.
.
MODERN / DESERT featured exhibitions included @monakuhnstudio The Schindler House: A Love Affair / @lance.gerber Currents / @glenwexlerstudio White Sands / @zoecrosher From the Disappearing of Michelle duBois
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#photography #contemporaryphotography #art #contemporaryart #modernart #largescaleart #immersiveart #experiential #experientialart #photographicart #photo #museum #gallery #artgallery #artist #artexhibition #exhibitionart #publicart #lightandspace #palmsprings #palmdesert #coachella #lancegerber #monakuhn #glenwexler #zoecrosher

Installation views of the exhibition ‘MODERN / DESERT’ that was on view this past February at @the.elemental in Palm Springs, CA. Curated by @cristophercichocki
.
My work titled ‘Currents’ showcased 4 unique photographs that investigate both permanence and impermanence, memory, relationships and environment through the manipulation of the landscape in the form of ephemeral dust sculpture, aesthetically veering into light and space land art.
.
The collection offers each photograph at 34”x44” edition of 10, and 42”x56” edition of 5.
.
Slide 11 Converge, slide 12 Coalescence, slide 13 Adrift, slide 14 Mirage.
.
My work is still available to view at @the.elemental by appointment. Please reach out for a private viewing.
.
MODERN / DESERT featured exhibitions included @monakuhnstudio The Schindler House: A Love Affair / @lance.gerber Currents / @glenwexlerstudio White Sands / @zoecrosher From the Disappearing of Michelle duBois
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#photography #contemporaryphotography #art #contemporaryart #modernart #largescaleart #immersiveart #experiential #experientialart #photographicart #photo #museum #gallery #artgallery #artist #artexhibition #exhibitionart #publicart #lightandspace #palmsprings #palmdesert #coachella #lancegerber #monakuhn #glenwexler #zoecrosher

Installation views of the exhibition ‘MODERN / DESERT’ that was on view this past February at @the.elemental in Palm Springs, CA. Curated by @cristophercichocki
.
My work titled ‘Currents’ showcased 4 unique photographs that investigate both permanence and impermanence, memory, relationships and environment through the manipulation of the landscape in the form of ephemeral dust sculpture, aesthetically veering into light and space land art.
.
The collection offers each photograph at 34”x44” edition of 10, and 42”x56” edition of 5.
.
Slide 11 Converge, slide 12 Coalescence, slide 13 Adrift, slide 14 Mirage.
.
My work is still available to view at @the.elemental by appointment. Please reach out for a private viewing.
.
MODERN / DESERT featured exhibitions included @monakuhnstudio The Schindler House: A Love Affair / @lance.gerber Currents / @glenwexlerstudio White Sands / @zoecrosher From the Disappearing of Michelle duBois
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#photography #contemporaryphotography #art #contemporaryart #modernart #largescaleart #immersiveart #experiential #experientialart #photographicart #photo #museum #gallery #artgallery #artist #artexhibition #exhibitionart #publicart #lightandspace #palmsprings #palmdesert #coachella #lancegerber #monakuhn #glenwexler #zoecrosher

Installation views of the exhibition ‘MODERN / DESERT’ that was on view this past February at @the.elemental in Palm Springs, CA. Curated by @cristophercichocki
.
My work titled ‘Currents’ showcased 4 unique photographs that investigate both permanence and impermanence, memory, relationships and environment through the manipulation of the landscape in the form of ephemeral dust sculpture, aesthetically veering into light and space land art.
.
The collection offers each photograph at 34”x44” edition of 10, and 42”x56” edition of 5.
.
Slide 11 Converge, slide 12 Coalescence, slide 13 Adrift, slide 14 Mirage.
.
My work is still available to view at @the.elemental by appointment. Please reach out for a private viewing.
.
MODERN / DESERT featured exhibitions included @monakuhnstudio The Schindler House: A Love Affair / @lance.gerber Currents / @glenwexlerstudio White Sands / @zoecrosher From the Disappearing of Michelle duBois
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#photography #contemporaryphotography #art #contemporaryart #modernart #largescaleart #immersiveart #experiential #experientialart #photographicart #photo #museum #gallery #artgallery #artist #artexhibition #exhibitionart #publicart #lightandspace #palmsprings #palmdesert #coachella #lancegerber #monakuhn #glenwexler #zoecrosher

Installation views of the exhibition ‘MODERN / DESERT’ that was on view this past February at @the.elemental in Palm Springs, CA. Curated by @cristophercichocki
.
My work titled ‘Currents’ showcased 4 unique photographs that investigate both permanence and impermanence, memory, relationships and environment through the manipulation of the landscape in the form of ephemeral dust sculpture, aesthetically veering into light and space land art.
.
The collection offers each photograph at 34”x44” edition of 10, and 42”x56” edition of 5.
.
Slide 11 Converge, slide 12 Coalescence, slide 13 Adrift, slide 14 Mirage.
.
My work is still available to view at @the.elemental by appointment. Please reach out for a private viewing.
.
MODERN / DESERT featured exhibitions included @monakuhnstudio The Schindler House: A Love Affair / @lance.gerber Currents / @glenwexlerstudio White Sands / @zoecrosher From the Disappearing of Michelle duBois
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#photography #contemporaryphotography #art #contemporaryart #modernart #largescaleart #immersiveart #experiential #experientialart #photographicart #photo #museum #gallery #artgallery #artist #artexhibition #exhibitionart #publicart #lightandspace #palmsprings #palmdesert #coachella #lancegerber #monakuhn #glenwexler #zoecrosher

Installation views of the exhibition ‘MODERN / DESERT’ that was on view this past February at @the.elemental in Palm Springs, CA. Curated by @cristophercichocki
.
My work titled ‘Currents’ showcased 4 unique photographs that investigate both permanence and impermanence, memory, relationships and environment through the manipulation of the landscape in the form of ephemeral dust sculpture, aesthetically veering into light and space land art.
.
The collection offers each photograph at 34”x44” edition of 10, and 42”x56” edition of 5.
.
Slide 11 Converge, slide 12 Coalescence, slide 13 Adrift, slide 14 Mirage.
.
My work is still available to view at @the.elemental by appointment. Please reach out for a private viewing.
.
MODERN / DESERT featured exhibitions included @monakuhnstudio The Schindler House: A Love Affair / @lance.gerber Currents / @glenwexlerstudio White Sands / @zoecrosher From the Disappearing of Michelle duBois
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#photography #contemporaryphotography #art #contemporaryart #modernart #largescaleart #immersiveart #experiential #experientialart #photographicart #photo #museum #gallery #artgallery #artist #artexhibition #exhibitionart #publicart #lightandspace #palmsprings #palmdesert #coachella #lancegerber #monakuhn #glenwexler #zoecrosher

Installation views of the exhibition ‘MODERN / DESERT’ that was on view this past February at @the.elemental in Palm Springs, CA. Curated by @cristophercichocki
.
My work titled ‘Currents’ showcased 4 unique photographs that investigate both permanence and impermanence, memory, relationships and environment through the manipulation of the landscape in the form of ephemeral dust sculpture, aesthetically veering into light and space land art.
.
The collection offers each photograph at 34”x44” edition of 10, and 42”x56” edition of 5.
.
Slide 11 Converge, slide 12 Coalescence, slide 13 Adrift, slide 14 Mirage.
.
My work is still available to view at @the.elemental by appointment. Please reach out for a private viewing.
.
MODERN / DESERT featured exhibitions included @monakuhnstudio The Schindler House: A Love Affair / @lance.gerber Currents / @glenwexlerstudio White Sands / @zoecrosher From the Disappearing of Michelle duBois
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#photography #contemporaryphotography #art #contemporaryart #modernart #largescaleart #immersiveart #experiential #experientialart #photographicart #photo #museum #gallery #artgallery #artist #artexhibition #exhibitionart #publicart #lightandspace #palmsprings #palmdesert #coachella #lancegerber #monakuhn #glenwexler #zoecrosher

Installation views of the exhibition ‘MODERN / DESERT’ that was on view this past February at @the.elemental in Palm Springs, CA. Curated by @cristophercichocki
.
My work titled ‘Currents’ showcased 4 unique photographs that investigate both permanence and impermanence, memory, relationships and environment through the manipulation of the landscape in the form of ephemeral dust sculpture, aesthetically veering into light and space land art.
.
The collection offers each photograph at 34”x44” edition of 10, and 42”x56” edition of 5.
.
Slide 11 Converge, slide 12 Coalescence, slide 13 Adrift, slide 14 Mirage.
.
My work is still available to view at @the.elemental by appointment. Please reach out for a private viewing.
.
MODERN / DESERT featured exhibitions included @monakuhnstudio The Schindler House: A Love Affair / @lance.gerber Currents / @glenwexlerstudio White Sands / @zoecrosher From the Disappearing of Michelle duBois
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#photography #contemporaryphotography #art #contemporaryart #modernart #largescaleart #immersiveart #experiential #experientialart #photographicart #photo #museum #gallery #artgallery #artist #artexhibition #exhibitionart #publicart #lightandspace #palmsprings #palmdesert #coachella #lancegerber #monakuhn #glenwexler #zoecrosher

Installation views of the exhibition ‘MODERN / DESERT’ that was on view this past February at @the.elemental in Palm Springs, CA. Curated by @cristophercichocki
.
My work titled ‘Currents’ showcased 4 unique photographs that investigate both permanence and impermanence, memory, relationships and environment through the manipulation of the landscape in the form of ephemeral dust sculpture, aesthetically veering into light and space land art.
.
The collection offers each photograph at 34”x44” edition of 10, and 42”x56” edition of 5.
.
Slide 11 Converge, slide 12 Coalescence, slide 13 Adrift, slide 14 Mirage.
.
My work is still available to view at @the.elemental by appointment. Please reach out for a private viewing.
.
MODERN / DESERT featured exhibitions included @monakuhnstudio The Schindler House: A Love Affair / @lance.gerber Currents / @glenwexlerstudio White Sands / @zoecrosher From the Disappearing of Michelle duBois
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#photography #contemporaryphotography #art #contemporaryart #modernart #largescaleart #immersiveart #experiential #experientialart #photographicart #photo #museum #gallery #artgallery #artist #artexhibition #exhibitionart #publicart #lightandspace #palmsprings #palmdesert #coachella #lancegerber #monakuhn #glenwexler #zoecrosher

Installation views of the exhibition ‘MODERN / DESERT’ that was on view this past February at @the.elemental in Palm Springs, CA. Curated by @cristophercichocki
.
My work titled ‘Currents’ showcased 4 unique photographs that investigate both permanence and impermanence, memory, relationships and environment through the manipulation of the landscape in the form of ephemeral dust sculpture, aesthetically veering into light and space land art.
.
The collection offers each photograph at 34”x44” edition of 10, and 42”x56” edition of 5.
.
Slide 11 Converge, slide 12 Coalescence, slide 13 Adrift, slide 14 Mirage.
.
My work is still available to view at @the.elemental by appointment. Please reach out for a private viewing.
.
MODERN / DESERT featured exhibitions included @monakuhnstudio The Schindler House: A Love Affair / @lance.gerber Currents / @glenwexlerstudio White Sands / @zoecrosher From the Disappearing of Michelle duBois
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#photography #contemporaryphotography #art #contemporaryart #modernart #largescaleart #immersiveart #experiential #experientialart #photographicart #photo #museum #gallery #artgallery #artist #artexhibition #exhibitionart #publicart #lightandspace #palmsprings #palmdesert #coachella #lancegerber #monakuhn #glenwexler #zoecrosher