Timeless Thrills

Timeless Thrills Timeless Thrills® is a contemporary art gallery in Sacramento, California presenting project-driven exhibitions by artists from Sacramento and beyond.

A sincere thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate the opening reception for Permanent Mark’s solo exhibition, FIVE ...
09/08/2026

A sincere thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate the opening reception for Permanent Mark’s solo exhibition, FIVE LIVES IN ONE.

The show will be on view in the gallery through October 17th. Visit us during our updated normal hours: ⚫️Thu - Sat 12-6⚫️

View the Catalog of Works now on our website. Email [email protected] with questions / inquiries.

Photos by Mark D.

Shot with 35mm film by Britt [ 2britt1 ], Permanent Mark’s longtime right-hand mate.In the lead-up to ‘Five Lives in One...
08/29/2026

Shot with 35mm film by Britt [ 2britt1 ], Permanent Mark’s longtime right-hand mate.

In the lead-up to ‘Five Lives in One’, we spent some time talking with Permanent Mark [ Mark Walters ] about the work he’s preparing for the exhibition, the different mediums that have shaped his practice, and the experiences that continue to find their way into what he’s making today.

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Mark was born in Libya to a father from London and a mother from South Africa, and spent much of his childhood in Algeria. Long before he ever picked up a tufting gun, rugs were already part of his visual world. He remembers visiting markets as a kid and being surrounded by them—patterns, colors, textures, and craftsmanship that he says became ingrained in his DNA. The road back to rugs wasn’t direct.

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About eight years ago, Mark was living in Spain when he lost a bar he owned and found himself broke and at one of the lowest points of his life. He came across a silkscreen table and started making prints. The work sold. He made his rent. More importantly, it confirmed that tattooing, the profession he had practiced for three decades, wasn’t the only way forward. From there, one thing kept leading to another.

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Printmaking moved into collage. Collage moved into sculpture. Cyanotype followed, including large-scale works inspired in part by David Hockney’s photographic practice, which Mark began painting over and pushing further. The mediums changed because Mark changed with them. Staying in one lane has never suited him. 

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Tufting arrived almost by accident. After returning from Spain following his mother’s burial, Mark met a woman at a bar who told him she made rugs. The conversation was enough. He bought yarn, got a tufting machine, and started figuring it out.

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What began as another medium to explore eventually became a substantial part of his practice. Even then, making rugs wasn’t enough. Mark began asking what else tufting could become. That led him to furniture, incorporating his textile work into wooden chairs and benches and bringing multiple forms of making into a single object.

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The imagery running through these wo

We’re down to the final two days of ‘Presence’, Enchi Wang’s [ enchi_____ ] solo exhibition at Timeless Thrills. We’re o...
08/21/2026

We’re down to the final two days of ‘Presence’, Enchi Wang’s [ enchi_____ ] solo exhibition at Timeless Thrills. We’re open today (8/21) until 6pm, and tomorrow we’re closing out the show with a full day of programming.

🗓️ Saturday, August 22 // 10am–6pm

• 10am–1pm — kotucoffee coffee + pastry service (or until sold out)

• 10am — Enchi Wang’s ‘Presence’ zine release, available throughout the day while supplies last

• 4pm — Artist talk with Enchi Wang, diving into her immersive installation and the stories behind select paintings

One last full day to experience ‘Presence’. Come grab a coffee, pick up a zine, spend some time with the work, and hear directly from Wang before the exhibition comes to a close. See you tomorrow! ✌️

Photos by Troy Cooper

👁️Enchi Wang [ enchi_____ ]Clear Light of Death, 2026Oil on canvas, wood frame48 x 36 inches* Custom wood frame built & ...
08/15/2026

👁️

Enchi Wang [ enchi_____ ]

Clear Light of Death, 2026
Oil on canvas, wood frame
48 x 36 inches

* Custom wood frame built & stained by Wang.

Inquire at timelessthrills.com

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enchi_____ 1.7.1.7.Wood, chain, screen, branches, blinds, electrical wire, chord, cement, brackets, string153” × 97” × 7...
08/15/2026

enchi_____
1.7.1.7.
Wood, chain, screen, branches, blinds, electrical wire, chord, cement, brackets, string
153” × 97” × 72” // 2026
NFS

At the center of Enchi Wang’s Presence is “1.7.1.7.”, a large-scale immersive installation built entirely inside Timeless Thrills in the weeks leading up to the exhibition.

The installation was always intended to be interacted with rather than simply viewed from a distance. It changes the way you experience the paintings around it—blocking certain sightlines while opening others and asking you to move, look through, look around, and sometimes find just the right position for a work to reveal itself.

That interaction was on full display during the opening reception. Visitors moved through and around the structure, looked through openings, shifted their perspective, and found their own ways of experiencing both the installation and the paintings surrounding it.

Seeing people engage with the work so naturally was a testament to Esther’s original vision for Presence and what she set out to create within the space.

Accompanying the installation, Wang wrote:

three thousands pounds below the frost line
frame works for the mind

what is a space?
permanence, safety, something that holds.
the last shah, the end of the ottoman empire.
a new beginning 20 ft. from your past.

the path lies in making

every day is a season,
every season is decay
knock the glass, jump the fence
parasympathetic dreams for you and me

what makes you laugh makes me cry.
beyond the box, there are archways
hyperboloid pillars and helicoid staircases
that breath tributaries in the sand

— enchi

Photos by Troy Cooper & Mark D.

Installation views of ‘Presence’ by Enchi Wang [ enchi_____ ] here in the gallery. To inquire about specific works from ...
08/13/2026

Installation views of ‘Presence’ by Enchi Wang [ enchi_____ ] here in the gallery.

To inquire about specific works from the exhibition, visit our website at timelessthrills.com.

‘Presence’ is on view through August 22nd. View more install shots on our website as well.

Photos by Troy Cooper

🎱 Saturday night in Sac (and Orangevale)
08/09/2026

🎱 Saturday night in Sac (and Orangevale)

These three 30” x 24” canvas pieces have garnered a lot of attention, presumably due to their striking movement and symm...
08/07/2026

These three 30” x 24” canvas pieces have garnered a lot of attention, presumably due to their striking movement and symmetry, presenting like a true triptych.

Learn more about each ➡️

Enchi Wang
enchi_____

Lomatium, 2026
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches
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Enchi Wang
enchi_____

Voissoir, 2026
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches

Enchi Wang
enchi_____

Mammoth Long Island, 2026
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches

SAVE THE DATEWe are pleased to announce our next show, ‘Five Lives In One’ — A solo exhibition by Permanent Mark [ Mark ...
08/06/2026

SAVE THE DATE

We are pleased to announce our next show, ‘Five Lives In One’ — A solo exhibition by Permanent Mark [ Mark Walters ] featuring tufted rugs, furniture, artwork, & more.

The exhibit will have an opening reception on Saturday, September from 6-9pm and will be on view through October 17th.

Stay tuned for more information. ✌️

📣 Short week. Opening & closing early on Saturday to beat the heat as well as get around to friends’ functions like; Nik...
08/06/2026

📣 Short week. Opening & closing early on Saturday to beat the heat as well as get around to friends’ functions like; Niko Lara / Homesick group show downtown, Vern - California based Artist open studio in Orangevale, & the risoprint show at Prism Art Space • See ya’ there? ✌️

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