New Exhibitions at Praxis

Instant Image Renaissance
Instant photography is reemerging as one of the most active sites of contemporary image-making. Artists drawn to immediacy, material constraint, and chance are returning to the instant image—not as nostalgia, but as a way to work outside endless revision and screen-based mediation. The resulting photographs assert themselves as objects: singular, tactile, and authored, asking to be encountered not as files, but as artifacts.

An opening night reception from 6–8 PM on February 21, 2026, celebrates the debut of new exhibitions at Praxis Gallery & Photographic Arts Center in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis.

This event is free and open to the public. Guests are invited to mingle with artists and fellow photography enthusiasts while exploring four galleries of contemporary photographic art and enjoying complimentary refreshments. Twenty-eight Minnesota artists are featured alongside artists from twenty-six other states and ten foreign countries.

The exhibitions will be on display from February 21 – March 14, 2026.

New! Gallery 1: OPEN THEME
Open Theme presents a broad and inclusive survey of contemporary photographic practice. Juried selections reflect a wide range of subject matter, visual strategies, and approaches, offering a snapshot of current image-making across genres and processes.

New! Gallery 2: POLAROID: The Instant Image
Curated by the Praxis Directors, Polaroid: The Instant Image explores instant photography as a contemporary medium. The exhibition highlights artists working with immediacy, materiality, and unpredictability—embracing the physical object, chance outcomes, and the refusal of endless revision.

New! Gallery 3: ANNUAL ARTIST MEMBER EXHIBITION
The Annual Artist Member Exhibition features work by Praxis Artist Members, presenting a cross-section of practices from the local, regional, and national community. The exhibition underscores Praxis’s commitment to access, participation, and sustained creative engagement.

Gallery 4: CHEMISTRY LAB — The Subtlety of Place
The Subtlety of Place by Carl Schulze is presented in the Chemistry Lab, Praxis’s dedicated analog gallery. The exhibition emphasizes photochemical process and close observation, aligning material practice with a quiet, attentive engagement with place.

Gallery Hours: Saturdays, Noon–5 PM, and by appointment during exhibition dates.

Image: Reed Gidez