Leah Korican: These Truths

The United States Government has removed over 350 words from official websites, according to PEN America. Words that reflect truths about diversity, the environment, health, immigration, LGBTQ+ identity, racism, and women’s issues, among others that have been systematically deleted as a tactic for creating fear, and in an attempt to make the ideas and people behind these words vanish. These Truths is a meditation on holding onto values and beliefs in the face of censorship. In a series of works on paper, including a window installation, Korican layers text, cut paper, and paint, to explore and combat the current erasure of the truths we hold. In other cut paper pieces, Korican uses the tarot image of “The Hanged Man” to express the feeling of free fall she has been experiencing since the 2024 election.

Bio:
Leah Korican is a visual artist and writer based in Oakland, California. Korican has a BA from UC Berkeley and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Her work has been exhibited nationally, including the Richmond Art Center, Bedford Gallery, and Triton Museum. Her public art commissions include a large-scale site-specific cut-out for the Nashville International Airport and permanent artworks for Kehilla Community Synagogue and Rumsey Engineers in Oakland. Her writing has been published in literary magazines and anthologies. She is currently writing a memoir about growing up on a commune in the backwoods of Oregon.

Gallery Hours: Friday and Saturday, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)
Oakland Style Week Tour: Saturday, October 11, 11:30- 12 pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 18, 3 – 5 pm
Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday, November 7, 5 – 9 pm
Artists’ Talk: Saturday, November 15, 2 – 3:30 pm

Image: Leah Korican, “The Hanged One 2″, 65” x 60” x 3”, 2025, acrylic and cutouts on Tyvek, Photo courtesy of the artist