Off Site: Atlanta Art Fair 2026
Ceirra Evans, Red Hot, 2026. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 30 x 24 inches.
October 1-4, 2026
Pullman Yards, Porter Hall
225 Rogers St NE
Atlanta, GA 30317
Booth D10
Institute 193 is pleased to present new work by Ceirra Evans, Lalana Fedorschak, and Carey Neal Gough at the 2026 Atlanta Art Fair. Download the full preview of available works here.
About the artists:
Ceirra Evans depicts honest, complex narratives of queer Appalachian and rural life, rejecting regional stereotypes in favor of intimate, humorous, and politically grounded portraits. Her figurative paintings center working-class individuals navigating both domestic quietude and environmental transformation, illustrating how shifting climates, harsh economic reality, and a lived connection to the land shapes daily routines in rural communities. Her sharp narrative wit documents her lived reality, celebrating community survival and deep connections to the land.
Ceirra Evans is a Kentucky (US) based painter depicting queer, Appalachian and rural narratives. Evans’ work has been reviewed by Hyperallergic, The New Yorker and other publications. In 2026, her painting “Fixin’ to Rain” was acquisitioned by The Ogden Museum of Southern Art (New Orleans, LA). Recent solo show highlights include “A Wild Weed” at Perspective Gallery (Paris, France) and “Come Rain or Shine” at Institute 193 (Lexington, KY). Her work is held in multiple private collections in the United States and UK. Evans has a degree in Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies from Spalding University (Louisville, KY).
Lalana Fedorschak, Stern Rabbit, 2026. Glazed Stoneware, 11 x 6 x 16 1/2 inches.
Ceramic artist Lalana Fedorschak uses sculpted rabbits as expressive proxies for human emotional states, bodily awareness, and psychological interiority. Deeply attuned to their surroundings, rabbits offer a nuanced lens for exploring sensitivity, ranging from quiet stillness and curiosity to moments of heightened vigilance. Fedorschak translates these varying postures into tactile ceramic forms, balancing a subtle, dark humor with a gentle tenderness for vulnerable beings. Rendering internal experiences as physical objects, these works invite viewers to reflect on self-preservation and physical intuition.
Lalana Fedorschak was born and raised in Prescott, Arizona. They hold a BFA in Ceramics from Northern Arizona University and an MFA in Ceramics from Ohio University. Fedorschak is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Louisville, and formerly held teaching positions at Vincennes University and Indiana University Southeast. Fedorschak is the recipient of the 2026 Bill Fischer Award for visual artists, and a Great Meadows Artist Professional Development Grant, which supported their travel to the Venice Biennale and the Greek Aegean Islands.
Carey Neal Gough, Pissing in the Sun, 2026. Gum Bichromate Print, 8 x 10 inches.
In her ongoing Horsedreamer series, photographer Carey Neal Gough explores the mythic space horses occupy in both our collective imagination and the Kentucky landscape. Captured at dawn and dusk—hours when reality and dream blur—these images bloom from Gough’s ongoing relationship with a herd of Appaloosas rendered through the slow, 19th-century process of gum bichromate printing. Built layer by layer over cyanotype bases with hand-applied pigments, each unrepeatable print is an exercise in courting tactile chance and developing painterly texture. The medium’s inherent unpredictability mirrors the ambiguity of recollection, fusing real, living animals with childhood fantasy to offer a quiet meditation on memory, longing, and the persistent echo of the natural world.
Carey Neal Gough is a Lexington, Kentucky-based photographer and educator with extensive experience across the U.S. and U.K. Currently a Photography Instructor and Visual Arts Program Facilitator at the University of Kentucky, Gough also teaches community darkroom classes and maintains an active studio practice. Holding an MFA in Documentary Photography from the University of Wales, Newport, Gough’s work has been exhibited at the FotoFocus Biennial, Ffotogallery, and Institute 193, and featured in The Bitter Southerner, CREEM, and Oxford American.