PROJECTS
LA ART SHOW 2026
MODERN + CONTEMPORARY
JS GALLERY
by Institute of Mediterranean Culture
The Group Exhibition “OFF SCRIPT”
MODERN + CONTEMPORARY
JS GALLERY
by Institute of Mediterranean Culture
The Group Exhibition “OFF SCRIPT”
Exhibition: January 7 – 11, 2026
LA CONVENTION CENTER, West Hall, Booth 708
LA CONVENTION CENTER, West Hall, Booth 708
JS Gallery by Institute of Mediterranean Culture presents the group exhibition “OFF SCRIPT”.
JS Gallery will take part in LA Art Show 2026 with the exhibition “OFF SCRIPT” (Booth 708), curated by Julia Sysalova (AICA), curator, art critic, Vice President of IMC, and founder of JS Gallery.
“OFF SCRIPT” brings together ten immigrant artists from the USA and across the globe whose practices emerge outside established cultural frameworks. The exhibition examines how artists construct new visual languages when familiar references, roles, and narratives no longer apply.
We invite you to visit Booth 708 and meet the gallery artists.
Curator: Julia Sysalova
Curator, Critic – AICA Member
Vice President, IMC-Institute of the Mediterranean Culture
Research Fellow, ECI-European Communication Institute
ARTISTS:
Oxana Akopov (USA)
Alina Altukhova (USA)
Consonance Ebb (USA)
Julia Flit (UK)
Olga Horne (New Zealand)
Irina Metz (Armenia)
Alena Rezanova (USA)
Veera Romanoff (Finland)
Daria Svyatkovskаyа (USA)
Lidziya Yablonskaya (USA)
LA ART SHOW
The Most Comprehensive International Contemporary Art Show in America
MODERN + CONTEMPORARY
The largest section of programming at the LA Art Show, Modern + Contemporary exhibits the vast spectrum of contemporary painting, illustration, sculpture and more from galleries in Los Angeles, the Pacific Rim, and countries all around the world.
The LA ART SHOW website: About The Show - LA Art Show
JS Gallery will take part in LA Art Show 2026 with the exhibition “OFF SCRIPT” (Booth 708), curated by Julia Sysalova (AICA), curator, art critic, Vice President of IMC, and founder of JS Gallery.
“OFF SCRIPT” brings together ten immigrant artists from the USA and across the globe whose practices emerge outside established cultural frameworks. The exhibition examines how artists construct new visual languages when familiar references, roles, and narratives no longer apply.
We invite you to visit Booth 708 and meet the gallery artists.
Curator: Julia Sysalova
Curator, Critic – AICA Member
Vice President, IMC-Institute of the Mediterranean Culture
Research Fellow, ECI-European Communication Institute
ARTISTS:
Oxana Akopov (USA)
Alina Altukhova (USA)
Consonance Ebb (USA)
Julia Flit (UK)
Olga Horne (New Zealand)
Irina Metz (Armenia)
Alena Rezanova (USA)
Veera Romanoff (Finland)
Daria Svyatkovskаyа (USA)
Lidziya Yablonskaya (USA)
LA ART SHOW
The Most Comprehensive International Contemporary Art Show in America
MODERN + CONTEMPORARY
The largest section of programming at the LA Art Show, Modern + Contemporary exhibits the vast spectrum of contemporary painting, illustration, sculpture and more from galleries in Los Angeles, the Pacific Rim, and countries all around the world.
The LA ART SHOW website: About The Show - LA Art Show
Concept “OFF SCRIPT”
When you’re given no script, you’re forced to speak in your own voice.
Off Script presents immigrant artists working in a new environment without instructions. They work with what is only beginning to take shape. Each becomes the creator of their own visual universe.
They reveal their own off-script position, from ironic gestures and intuitive abstraction to rethinking identity and exploring memory and material.
Together, they create a space of intercultural dialogue, a meeting of different cultural codes that coexist and transform through artistic language.
Julia Sysalova
Curator, Critic – AICA Member
Vice President, IMC-Institute of the Mediterranean Culture
Research Fellow, ECI-European Communication Institute
When you’re given no script, you’re forced to speak in your own voice.
Off Script presents immigrant artists working in a new environment without instructions. They work with what is only beginning to take shape. Each becomes the creator of their own visual universe.
They reveal their own off-script position, from ironic gestures and intuitive abstraction to rethinking identity and exploring memory and material.
Together, they create a space of intercultural dialogue, a meeting of different cultural codes that coexist and transform through artistic language.
Julia Sysalova
Curator, Critic – AICA Member
Vice President, IMC-Institute of the Mediterranean Culture
Research Fellow, ECI-European Communication Institute
LA ART SHOW
MODERN + CONTEMPORARY
The Most Comprehensive International Contemporary Art Show in AmericaLos Angeles has emerged as a global epicenter of art & culture, with a distinct, interwoven multi-cultural influence unique to the city. Diversity is our strength and art is most impactful when it includes or transcends all borders. As LA rises as the world-class destination for art, the LA Art Show continues to lead the way with innovative programming and one-of-a-kind experiences for an expanding collecting audience. LA Art Show is the unparalleled international art experience with over 90 galleries, museums, and non-profit arts organizations from around the world exhibiting painting, sculpture, works on paper, installation, photography, design, video and performance. All works presented by galleries are available for your purchasing pleasure.
More than 180,000 square feet of exhibition space is committed to today’s prominent galleries. These domestic and international galleries, beyond their booths, curate special exhibits that are at the forefront of the burgeoning contemporary art movement. The fair offers an extraordinary array of works and experiences in specialized sections.
MODERN + CONTEMPORARY
The Most Comprehensive International Contemporary Art Show in AmericaLos Angeles has emerged as a global epicenter of art & culture, with a distinct, interwoven multi-cultural influence unique to the city. Diversity is our strength and art is most impactful when it includes or transcends all borders. As LA rises as the world-class destination for art, the LA Art Show continues to lead the way with innovative programming and one-of-a-kind experiences for an expanding collecting audience. LA Art Show is the unparalleled international art experience with over 90 galleries, museums, and non-profit arts organizations from around the world exhibiting painting, sculpture, works on paper, installation, photography, design, video and performance. All works presented by galleries are available for your purchasing pleasure.
More than 180,000 square feet of exhibition space is committed to today’s prominent galleries. These domestic and international galleries, beyond their booths, curate special exhibits that are at the forefront of the burgeoning contemporary art movement. The fair offers an extraordinary array of works and experiences in specialized sections.
“OFF SCRIPT”
When you’re given no script, you’re forced to speak in your own voice.
Off Script presents immigrant artists working in a new environment without instructions. They work with what is only beginning to take shape. Each becomes the creator of their own visual universe.
They reveal their own off-script position, from ironic gestures and intuitive abstraction to rethinking identity and exploring memory and material.
Together, they create a space of intercultural dialogue, a meeting of different cultural codes that coexist and transform through artistic language.
Julia Sysalova
Curator, Critic – AICA Member
Vice President, IMC-Institute of the Mediterranean Culture
Research Fellow, ECI-European Communication Institute
Off Script presents immigrant artists working in a new environment without instructions. They work with what is only beginning to take shape. Each becomes the creator of their own visual universe.
They reveal their own off-script position, from ironic gestures and intuitive abstraction to rethinking identity and exploring memory and material.
Together, they create a space of intercultural dialogue, a meeting of different cultural codes that coexist and transform through artistic language.
Julia Sysalova
Curator, Critic – AICA Member
Vice President, IMC-Institute of the Mediterranean Culture
Research Fellow, ECI-European Communication Institute
