EXHIBITIONS

Nevus: Exploring personal strength and beauty through the lenses of politics, history, and nationality

On view: Oct. 23-27, 2025

Opening Reception: Thursday, Oct. 23, 6-9pm at El Hub, Mexico City

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From left, **Carlos Álvarez-Montero:** *¿De aquí a dónde? (from here to where?)*, 2025, acrylic paint over bond paper, 158 x 176 cm; **Sean Noyce:** *Hex Off (Branch, Soil, Garlic, Beak)*, 2025, acrylic, screenprint, and walnut ink on grain sack, 127 x 127 cm (photo: Carlos Álvarez-Montero)

Organized by Carlos Álvarez-Montero, Carsten Becker, Mara Garcia, Stella Geppert, Sean Noyce, and Katya Usvitsky

Participating artists: Carlos Álvarez-Montero (MX), Carsten Becker (DE), Brenda Castro (MX), Alfredo Esparza-Cárdenas (MX), Stella Geppert (DE), Kathrin Köster (DE), Sean Noyce (US), Luz Ricano (MX), Alystair Rogers (US), Alberto Rodríguez (MX), Vabianna Santos (US), Katya Usvitsky (US)

Ojo Arte (Mexico City), in collaboration with Frontviews (Berlin) and Noysky Projects, presents Nevus, a multidisciplinary exhibition featuring artists from Mexico City, Berlin, and Los Angeles. The exhibition is part of B-LA-M, a three-year cultural exchange designed to deepen dialogue between the artist-run communities in Berlin, Los Angeles, and Mexico City.

The term nevus, also commonly known as a “beauty mark”, evokes a feature that alternates between allure and imperfection. Unlike the common mole or wart, which is often deemed undesirable, the nevus is paradoxically both a blemish and an ornamentation. Its beauty is reliant on social norms and historical standards as much as individual perception. Throughout history, the nevus has been imitated and idealized, serving as symbols of status, individuality, and distinction that highlights their otherwise “unblemished” outer beauty.

In this vein, Nevus brings together works that mark the lived experience of the artist, drawn from personal histories shaped by cultural, political, and geographic forces. Their narratives include acts of resilience, belonging, and transformation. Each work operates as a “mark” that alternates between identity and environment; beauty and imperfection; and individual and community.

As these disparate expressions meet, shared patterns begin to emerge, revealing a glimpse into the ways identity is inscribed upon the body, the mind, and the environment. Nevus thus becomes an exploration of how the personal becomes shared, how the invisible reveals, and how the mark can transform the vulnerable into a source of power. The exhibition invites reflection on identity as a territory in continuous negotiation, where the individual and the collective intertwine to give meaning to our contemporary existence.

Installation Images

**Carsten Becker:** from left, *Chrome Grey 0219, Buttermilk 0221, Porcelain White 0009,* 2025, lacquer on screen-print paper, 35 × 25 cm (each) (photo: Carlos Álvarez-Montero)

**Stella Geppert:** *Man spricht, es habe die Form eines Luftzuges – ein wenig Wespe, ein wenig Orchidee … (People say it’s shaped like a breeze — a little like a wasp, a little like an orchid…)*, 2011, Poster, lettering, dimensions variable; and *Axes de Résonnance et Géographies Relationelles (Resonance Axes and Relational Geographies)* (photo: Carlos Álvarez-Montero)

From left: **Alberto Rodríguez:** *Nuevo Berlin (New Berlin)*, 2024, Digital print, 130 x 100 cm; **Katya Usvitsky:** *Untitled*, 2025, Nylon, fiberfill, thread, metal hoop, 46 x 46 x 8 cm (photo: Carlos Álvarez-Montero)

From left: **Alberto Rodríguez:** *Nuevo Berlin 3*, 2024, Digital print, 45 x 42 cm; and **Vabianna Santos:** *Sludge*, 2025, Plastic, baroque pearls, photo, 17 × 23 cm (photo: Carlos Álvarez-Montero)

From left: **Luz Ricano:** *Less is a bore: arquitectúra mimética (mimetic architecture)*, 2024, Digital print, 73 x 59 cm; and *Less is a bore: arquitectúra mimética (mimetic architecture)*, 2024, Digital print, 73 x 59 cm (photo: Carlos Álvarez-Montero)

Form top left: **Alystair Rogers:** *whole house, origin, american’t, bum, boss of us, harmony, entanglement, holding on, repetition,* 2025, Ceramic, 28 × 28 cm (each) (photo: Carlos Álvarez-Montero)

From left: **Sean Noyce:** *Hex Off (Wood, Soil, Toenail, Garlic)*, 2025, acrylic, screenprint, and walnut ink on grain sack, 127 x 127 cm; and **Brenda Castro & Alfredo Esparza-Cárdenas:** *La incesante posibilidad de cambiar de forma (The incessant possibility of changing shape)*, 2024, Digital print, 40 x 27 cm (each) (photo: Carlos Álvarez-Montero)

**Vabianna Santos:** *Sludge*, 2025, plastic, baroque pearls, photo, 17 × 23 cm (photo: Carlos Álvarez-Montero)

**Katya Usvitsky:** *Untitled*, 2025, Nylon, fiberfill, thread, metal hoop, 46 x 46 x 8 cm (photo: Carlos Álvarez-Montero)

**Kathrin Köster:** *Haut und Humus (Skin and Soil)*, 2025, Monotype on tracing paper, 15 x 15 x 26 cm (photo: Carlos Álvarez-Montero)

From left: **Alberto Rodríguez:** *Copal*, 2024, Digital print, 67 x 56 cm; and *Nuevo Berlín 2*, 2024, Digital print, 12 x 18 cm (photo: Carlos Álvarez-Montero)

More information

On view: October 23-26, 2025
Opening reception: Thurs, Oct. 23, 2025
Location: Calle de Mesones 86, Centro Histórico de la Cdad. de México, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06090 Mexico City, Mexico
Contact: Carlos Álvarez-Montero: carlos@ojomx.com
B-LA-M Exchange: b-la-m.org
Ojo Arte: ojomxarte.com
Frontviews: frontviews.de