Two Rooms is proud to announce Present Tense, featuring the work of Kirstyn Hom (b. 1990, San Francisco, CA) and Sibyl Rubottom (b. 1942, New York, NY). Working in textile and book arts, these artists contend with their familial lineages from Guangdong, China and Vienna, Austria. In this exhibition, they bring diasporic materials, forms, and phrases into the contemporary context of the United States. Using experimental craft techniques and dyes from ephemeral plant matter, Hom preserves memory, processes loss, and carves spaces of belonging. Hom’s installations blur the lines between gallery, domestic space, and the natural environment. Rubottom’s six decade career has spanned painting, collage, textile, printmaking, book arts, and letterpress. Her throughline is an inquisitive and assiduous approach to pattern, natural elements, and typography. In Present Tense, Hom and Rubottom reinvigorate materials and memories from the past century to form new tapestries within the walls of Two Rooms.

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See full gallery here. Photos by Daniel Lang

Exhibition at Two Rooms Gallery, La Jolla, CA

Curated by Lizzie Zelter

July 11-August 9 2025