"On March 13, Praise Shadows opened its new Downtown Boston location with “Summoning,” a group exhibition that drew a significant turnout of people to the gallery’s expanded, light-filled space at 129 Kingston Street. Framed by large windows, the opening marked a significant step for the five-year-old gallery and a notable addition to the city’s evolving cultural footprint.
Inside, the buzzy crowd moved between works by thirteen artists, including a new painting by Duke Riley, photographs by S. Billie Mandle, and sculpture by Cathy Lu. The exhibition, on view through April 11, invites artists and audiences alike to “summon” people, ideas, and memories into the space—a conceptual framing that doubles as a kind of inauguration for the gallery’s next phase.
In December 2020, at the height of the Covid pandemic, Yng-Ru Chen opened Praise Shadows in an intimate storefront right around the corner from where she grew up in Brookline’s Coolidge Corner. After spending twenty-five years working in arts institutions in New York City, Chen brought an ambitious perspective to her new endeavor. Over the course of five years, she built an impressive roster of both locally and internationally renowned artists including Jean Shin, Yuri Shimojo, Yu-Wen Wu, Helina Metafaria, and Oliver Jeffers, among others..."
