ON VIEW:
January 20 – April 25, 2026
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Tatiana Parcero
Ossis #20, 2016/2024
archival ink on Hahnemuhle paper
30 x 24 inches
Tatiana Parcero © 2025 I Courtesy of the Artist and jdc Fine Art
Mapping Familiar Territories,
Charting New Paths
Mapping Familiar Territories,
Charting New Paths
Featured Artists: Michael Boonstra, Enrique Chagoya, Epiphany Couch, Karen Hampton, Colin Ives, Brenda Mallory, Nathalie Miebach, Tatiana Parcero, Rick Silva, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Clarissa Tossin
For millennia, maps have been essential tools for understanding and navigating the world. While they often depict physical terrain, maps also have the capacity to chart any space, whether real or imagined, tangible or abstract. From the earth’s surface to its depths, and across conceptual or multidimensional systems, maps help us define boundaries, reveal relationships, and envision possibilities. Through their creation and use, they transform space into place, shaping political, cultural, and social understandings of the world around us.
This exhibition brings together artists who reinterpret and expand mapping practices to explore questions of place, identity, and power. Through diverse media and distinct approaches, these artists use the language of cartography to uncover personal histories, unearth collective narratives, and address pressing social and environmental concerns. Some interrogate the colonial legacies embedded in traditional maps, questioning who has the authority to define space. Others draw on scientific data to visualize the far-reaching impacts of climate change and natural disasters.
Collectively, their works invite viewers to reconsider what it means to map, to locate, and to belong. By transforming the conventions of cartography, these artists reveal how maps can serve not only as instruments of orientation, but also as tools for critical reflection and imagination—encouraging us to see, and think about, the world anew.
Mapping Familiar Territories, Charting New Paths is curated by Alexandra Terry, Head of Curatorial Affairs & Curator of Contemporary Art at the New Mexico Museum of Art. This exhibition is supported by The Ford Family Foundation, the Jackson Foundation, the Richard and Helen Phillips Charitable Fund, and the JSMA Exhibition Circle.
Upcoming Events + Programs
Upcoming Events + Programs
Thursday, January 29
Conversation with Alexandra Terry, Epiphany Couch, and Brenda Mallory
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Celebrate the opening of Mapping Familiar Territories, Charting New Paths with a conversation between curator Alexandra Terry and artists Epiphany Couch and Brenda Mallory. This program will be followed by an opening reception at the museum.
Thursday, January 29
Reception
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us for the opening reception of Mapping Familiar Territories, Charting New Paths at the JSMA at PSU. From 5:00 to 7:00 PM, guests will have the opportunity to view the artwork and mingle in the museum. Light refreshments will be available.
Saturday, February 7
Storytime
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Welcome back to Storytime at the JSMA at PSU! Led by Portland-based artist Latoya Lovely, we will read stories that connect with the themes of Mapping Familiar Territories, Charting New Paths. ASL interpreting will be provided.
Storytime is geared towards pre-K through early elementary students. Children must be accompanied by a guardian throughout the event.
Saturday, February 21
Exhibition Tour
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Stop by the museum for a free public tour of Mapping Familiar Territories, Charting New Paths. Led by museum staff, this tour will provide an informative look at highlights of the exhibition.
Saturday, March 7
Storytime
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us for Storytime at the JSMA at PSU! Led by Portland-based artist Latoya Lovely, we will read stories that connect with the themes of Mapping Familiar Territories, Charting New Paths. ASL interpreting will be provided.
Storytime is geared towards pre-K through early elementary students. Children must be accompanied by a guardian throughout the event.
Saturday, March 14
Artist Roundtable with Rick Silva and Michael Boonstra
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
We are pleased to present a panel discussion with artists Rick Silva and Michael Boonstra, two Oregon-based artists whose work intersects with ecology and human relationships with the landscape. This panel will be moderated by Thien-Kim Bui, PhD candidate in PSU’s Department of Geography.
Saturday, March 21
Exhibition Tour
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Join us for a free public tour of Mapping Familiar Territories, Charting New Paths at the JSMA at PSU. Led by museum staff, this tour will provide an informative look at highlights of the exhibition.
Saturday, April 4
Storytime
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
For our final Storytime of the exhibition, Portland-based artist Latoya Lovely will read stories that connect with the themes of Mapping Familiar Territories, Charting New Paths. ASL interpreting will be provided.
Storytime is geared towards pre-K through early elementary students. Children must be accompanied by a guardian throughout the event.
Saturday, April 18
Exhibition Tour
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
You're invited to the final, free public tour of Mapping Familiar Territories, Charting New Paths. Led by museum staff, this tour will provide an informative look at highlights of the exhibition.
Saturday, March 21
Artists Talk: Tatiana Parcero
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
To mark the final week of the exhibition, we are thrilled to present international artist Tatiana Parcero at the museum. Moderated by JSMA staff, Parcero will speak on her artistic practice, her inspiration, and process behind the work on view in Mapping Familiar Territories, Charting New Paths.
Featured Works
Featured Works
Enrique Chagoya, Illegal Alien's Guide to Somewhere Over the Rainbow, 2010, Color lithograph with chine collé, 30 1/8 x 46 1/8 inches, Frame. Published by Shark's Ink., Lyons, CO. Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer. Enrique Chagoya © 2025. Courtesy of Shark's Ink, Lyons, Colorado. Photo credit: Bud Shark.
Epiphany Couch, I Dream of Woolly Dogs (Cameron Island), 2025, Hand-pieced fine-art photoprint quilt, embossed Rives paper, sheeps wool, 16.25 x 21.25 inches framed. Epiphany Couch © 2025. Courtesy of the artist, Image Credit: Mario Gallucci.
Colin Ives, Open-Book-Landscapes Series, 2025, Ethical salvaged cedar, shou sugi ban surface treatment, 4 pieces 11 X 17 inches. Colin Ives © 2025 Courtesy of the artist.
Clarissa Tossin, Future Geography: Tarantula Nebula, 2024, Used Amazon.com delivery boxes, archival inkjet print on photo paper with lamination, wood, 45 x 75 x 1.5 in. Clarissa Tossin © 2025, Courtesy of the artist and Commonwealth and Council
Brenda Mallory, Old Homeplace, 2024, Mixed Media, 135 x 180 x 2 inches. Brenda Mallory © 2025, Courtesy of the artist and Russo Lee Gallery, Portland OR / Marinaro Gallery, NY. Image: Mario Gallucci
Karen Hampton, Journey to Freedom, 2014, Cotton, natural dyes, and hand-stitching, 25 5/8 x 43 1/4 inches. Karen Hampton © 2025 Courtesy of artist and Kouri + Corrao, Santa Fe, NM.
Rirkrit Tiravanija, untitled 2008-2011 (the map of the land of feeling) I, II & III, 2008-2011, inkjet print, offset lithography, chine collé, and color silkscreen, 36 x 334 1/2 inches Overall. Rirkrit Tiravanija © 2025, Courtesy of the artist and LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY
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