Los Angeles Art Association is proud to present 4 solo exhibitions by artists Karen Hochman Brown, Ed Lightener, Linda Litteral and Heather Scholl opening September 19 at Gallery 825.

All shows will run at Gallery 825 through October 16, 2026. 

The works in this exhibition Inherited Symmetries explore how an artistic language can be passed through generations. Karen Hochman Brown begins with photographs of flowers and succulents from her mother’s garden, transforming them through reflection, repetition, and layering. Their symmetry echoes the hand-crocheted patterns made decades earlier by her great-grandmother Sarah. Her grandmother Bama, who taught her to sew and knit and encouraged her to make things from an early age, forms the bridge between Sarah’s handwork and Hochman Brown’s own. Hochman Brown combines Sarah’s doilies with symmetrical botanical images printed on kinwashi paper. Their repeated curves and openwork patterns overlap and respond to the reflected plant forms, creating a visual connection between her handwork and Hochman Brown’s digital process. Glass cabochons and laser-cut acrylic extend the compositions beyond the printed surface, giving the works both depth and a physical presence. These works preserve and reinterpret her family history. Together, they trace four generations connected by family and an enduring impulse to create.

With Edward Lightner’s new exhibition, “The Moon Became as Blood,” he gives us a continuation of his look at life under the shadow of the atomic bomb, featuring a convergence of several recent series. The two latest series, “Toggle Underground Atomic Tests” and “Grommet Underground Atomic Tests” both incorporate his iconic kaleidoscopic abstractions of atomic test site photographs, along with the addition of various drips and dashes. In the Toggle series, the running paint gives the canvases the visual impression as if they are bleeding, while the Grommet series, featuring watercolor combined with acrylic on paper, presents more of a haphazard feel. Along with the aforementioned variations, are three works on paper from his Nougat series. These also feature Lightner’s kaleidoscopic atomic patterns, but this group then incorporates apocalyptic statements. He is also debuting a group of small assemblages in apothecary bottles which present actual images from the Nevada Test Site, each combined with various fragments of things recalled from his past.

For more than 25 years Linda Litteral has worked as a multidisciplinary artist in San Diego County, using ceramics, sculpture, painting, drawing, installation, performance, and video to break the cycle of silence surrounding child sexual abuse. Her practice is autobiographical and purposeful — rooted in the conviction that giving voice to those rendered voiceless by shame is both an artistic act and a social one. Her exhibit Remember is a large-scale community installation consisting of 460 small house structures, each hung with a hand-knitted banner. Every stitch in every banner represents one person sexually assaulted. The scale is the point: to make visible, through accumulated labor and material, the staggering reality of sexual violence in our communities. * For the opening of Linda Litteral’s memorial installation, Remember, Elizabeth Tobias and Rebecca Johnson will offer immersive sound healing performances, inviting audiences to sit within the installation for a shared moment of presence. More than 100 hand-knitted banners hang from house-like structures, with each stitch honoring a survivor of sexual violence. Performances are September 19 at 2:00pm and 3:30pm.

Heather Scholl’s new exhibit Infinity Within Me explores resilience, transformation, and the unseen threads that connect us. Inspired by more than a decade of illness, healing, and rebuilding, Scholl creates images that begin with lived experience but open into something universal. Scholl has always been drawn to abandoned buildings that remain standing through decades of storms. Their scars and weathering give them a unique beauty and character, reminding the artist that beauty and resilience can emerge through the storms we all face. Portraits of people and abandoned buildings, recurring words and symbols, shimmers, and celestial imagery create a visual language of endurance, healing, hope, and connection. Layer upon layer of paint reflects the way change unfolds—not as a straight line, but through setbacks, discoveries, and unexpected moments of grace. 

Reception: September 19, 2026 10am -5pm 

Show Runs: September 19 - October 16, 2026 

Location:
Gallery 825
825 N. La Cienega Boulevard, 
Los Angeles CA 90069  

Gallery 825 is open by appointment

About Los Angeles Art Association: (LAAA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide opportunities, resources, services and exhibition venues for emerging Los Angeles artists of all media. LAAA began as a civic art institution in the 1920s, connecting elite art interests to Hollywood collectors, emerging after World War II as the center of Los Angeles modernism and finally becoming the city's nexus for emerging artists of all media. LAAA serves as a dynamic force for contemporary ideas, outreach, and community. Gallery 825 and Los Angeles Art Association are located in the heart of La Cienega Boulevard's Restaurant Row at 825 North La Cienega Bl., Los Angeles, CA 90069. Gallery hours are by appointment. Please call 310.652.8272 or visit www.laaa.org.