CONTEMPORARY FIGURATIVE ARTISTS NEW ORLEANS

WITNESS: Second Story Gallery @secondstorygallery @contemporaryfigurativeartists

January 10 - February 8, 2026

Featured Artists:

Aron Belka @aronbelkaart

Sean G. Clark @sgclarkart

Keith Perelli @keithperelli

Mustafa Ozel @mustafaozelart

Carol Peebles @carolpeeblesart

Emre Karaoglu @hekaraoglu

Carl Joe Williams @carl.joe.williams

Trenity Thomas @trenityart

Thomas Walton @thomas_g_walton

Ben Hamburger @benhamburgerart

Augustus McKinney Hoffman @augustushoffmanartwork

Carey Lamprecht @careyhopeartwork

Jamie Chiarello @namelessart2012

Edward Hébert @eddie_ralph_hebert_art

Moira Crone @molionart

Teneille Prosper @tee_thee_artist

Jen Karaoglu @jenkaraoglu

Sara Madandar @saramadandarstudio

James Barbee @jamesgbarbee

Fadime Yücel @fadmyucel

Veronica Casares @veronica_casares

Ulrika Matthiessen @ulrikamatthiessen

Sarah Cancienne @sarahcancienne

Charles Beau Hoffarker @tchoupitoulas_charlie

Hoàng Huệ Phương @huephuong.art

Kathleen Turner

Sandra Burshell @pastelli1

Ben Markus

Gabriel Flowers @gabrielflowres

Carlos Talbott @carlostalbott

Benji Alexander Palus @benji.a.palus.art

Sabrina Evans Schmidt @sschmidtartist

Sean Friloux @sean_friloux

Heidi Mortensen @heidimortensenart

Edgar Cano @edgarcanostudio

Jessica Hand Bertsch @thecharcoalhand

Curator: Emre Karaoglu @hekaraoglu

Venue: Second Story Gallery, New Orleans Healing Center

(2372 St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117) @neworleanshealingcenter

Witness: Every Face a Story is a figurative art exhibition that explores what it means to see, to feel, and to be seen within routine modern-life.

This body of work invites viewers into quiet acts of observation and connection. Each piece bears witness to the resilience, warmth, and layered humanity of New Orleans — the way people carry the city in their posture, their expression, their silence. The exhibition transforms portraiture into testimony: art as evidence of life, presence, and spirit.

Figurative art and portraiture are acts of witnessing — of seeing and feeling life as it moves through us. Here, to paint a person is to honor a lineage of spirit — a gesture toward connection, community, and the pulse of a city that refuses to stand still.