'Tracing the Traces' Art Exhibit Opens at Oak Cliff Cultural Center

A solo exhibition called "Tracing the Traces" by artist Chenxi Gao will be on view at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center starting on Saturday.

The city put out a press release about the exhibition this week. According to the release, the exhibition is free and open to the public. It kicks off with an opening reception on Saturday, May 9, from 6-8 p.m., at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center located at 223 W. Jefferson Blvd.)

Gao is a printmaking-based mixed-media artist from China who earned a BFA from Baylor University and an MFA from the University of North Texas. Her work has exhibited nationally and internationally, and her work has entered multiple permanent collections, such as the Bradbury Art Museum.

In her work, Gao traces monologues and conversations, the remembered and the forgotten, the real and the reimagined. She asks, "Are homes meant to be temporary? What happens to the traces we leave behind in the space we once inhabited and the land we have passed through?"

These questions surface as Gao moves between homes, cities, and countries. The exhibition features works made in Denton; Fayetteville, Ark.; and Roanoke, Va. between 2023 and 2026.

By pondering her relationship with multiple living spaces since childhood, Gao explores her sense of self in the shifting of cultural and social environments.

The Oak Cliff Cultural Center is a division of the city's Arts and Culture department. Its operating hours are noon-6 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday. Visit the website for more details.