Thinkspace Projects

10/28/2026

10/28/2026

“Themes of sanctuary, life and death, and transformation have always run through my life and finally had a visual language to match.”

10/23/2026

Coming in November! We’re excited to once again partner with World Wide Walls and their network of local and international artists to bring you “UNDER/GROUND” on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2026.

Created by World Wide Walls Co-directors Jasper and Amy Wong, together with Bishop Museum Exhibit Designer DeAnne Kennedy, “UNDER/GROUND” juxtaposes two separate worlds and the spaces where they intersect, examining the relationships between fine art and street art, insider and outsider art, and how cultural value is then assigned and perceived.

Be prepared to explore all-new murals, original artworks, sculptures, and immersive installations in our Castle Memorial Building this fall!

Learn more and see details for the Grand Opening events at UnderGround.BishopMuseum.org.

Mahalo to our generous supporters that helped make this exhibition possible:
Hawaiian Airlines, White Sands Hotel, Montana Cans, 7-Eleven Hawai‘i, Zippy’s, XLARGE, Aloha Petroleum, Hawaiian Telcom, Thinkspace, Begin Here, Omidiyar ‘Ohana Fund, City Mill, Sun Bum, Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation, Hawaiian Sun, UNIQLO, Enjoy Snacks, Sean Marrs Photography, Elyse Butler Photography, Brandon Shigeta, InnerBloom, Redefined.Media, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Art + Flea, Tūtū’s Place by Highway Inn, and PCL Construction.

Bishop Museum is the State of Hawaiʻi Museum of Natural and Cultural History.

10/23/2026

Graphite has always been my first love ✨🖤

This is where it all started for my upcoming solo show “Wearing Earthquakes Like Crowns” with Thinkspace Projects. This drawing became one of the main pieces for the show.

Pencil is where I work out my concepts. A lot of the time I’ll complete a whole drawing first, usually much smaller than the final piece, and then transfer the line work onto a surface to paint on. The drawing is where the ideas, symbols, and little details all find their place before I start painting. 🎨

Opening January 2027! More soon 🌙

10/22/2026

I recently passed a milestone of sorts. I made my 800th astronaut painting. 800 paintings. 800 paintings! And in pretty much all of them, the astronaut is looking at things. Sometimes really weird things, and sometimes a parking lot. The astronaut has always been exploring, always looking, always quietly observing. But what is the astronaut looking FOR? Hell, what am I looking for? What are any of us looking for?

My next show “In Search Of…” opens November 7th from 6-10pm at Thinkspace Projects in Los Angeles. In it, I try to figure out what I’m in search of. Spoiler alert, I’m not sure I really know the answer. But in searching for it, I found something else. This show became about memories, about how we pack them away and bind them like small treasures in our mind. About feelings, about experiences, profound or otherwise, that have some deep meaning to us, which remind us that we’re alive. That somehow, in the aggregate, these memories make up who you are. Or who you want to be. Looking back at these things, bits and pieces of emotion, pain, love, the warmth of an random afternoon, stored in the attic of your memory, and wondering if these scattered snapshots make you who are. Whether that’s enough. Whether you’re searching for something more. Whether these things imbue your life with some meaning.

So join me in November as I ask some big questions and, though I try, maybe don’t quite answer them.

10/22/2026

We are very excited to present the completed mural by Emily Ding. She has absolutely transformed the wall at 407 S Broadway and it absolutely GLOWS in the evening sun.

A big thanks to Econoprint Lexington for the wall and for their support. Thanks again to our equipment sponsor Bypass Rentals.

10/22/2026

You still have time to see RJ Quiralta's dark whimsy solo 'Nocturnos: Painted Midnight Poems' on view at Thinkspace Projects and trust me, you'll want to!

"Quiralta’s work blends whimsical, romantic, and darkly humorous themes into visual storytelling, often inspired by literature, mythology, and personal nostalgia. RJ’s current ‘Nocturnos’ series emulates late-night inspiration, mixing vintage and modern visuals with mythological and platonic themes of love and companionship. His work often feels like a stage play, inviting viewers to sit in the front row and witness a blend of humor, nostalgia and emotional depth."

'Overnight Cocoa Feelings'
2026
Acrylic on canvas
24” x 24”
60.96 x 60.96 cm

https://shop.thinkspaceprojects.com/collections/rj-quiralta-nocturnos-painted-midnight-poems

On view October 10 - October 31, 2026

Thinkspace Projects
4217 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Los Angeles 90016

For all inquiries please contact the gallery via email at [email protected]

10/21/2026

I am currently working on the largest paintings of my career. At 22 × 30 in / 55.9 × 76.2 cm, these works have asked more of me than anything I have created before, extending beyond the image itself and into the physical relationship between my body and the work.

Working in water-based media, I have always painted flat, allowing me to control how pigment moves and settles. At this scale, that method reached its limit. I turned instead to my antique drafting table, a piece I use typically for sketching. With it standing at 42 inches when flat, far higher than contemporary models, it allows me to paint standing over a fully flat surface or to tilt the plane when the work calls for a different vantage.

Standing to paint has been a really eye opening. It has transformed the hours I can devote to each piece, my physical endurance, and above all, the freedom these larger works require. It has reshaped how I approach composition and how I interact with larger pieces. I suspect this table may become the permanent center of my practice.

That this shift has arrived in autumn feels fitting. It has always been the season when my work flows most freely, and its quiet enchantment could not come at a more meaningful time as I prepare for my solo exhibition, Wearing Earthquakes Like Crowns, with Thinkspace Projects this January. 🍂

10/20/2026