Jasmine Gonzalez’s Creating Through Chaos exhibition will be on display at the Cypress Gallery in Lompoc from July 31 to Aug. 24.
“It’s a bit of a mixed media fever dream,” Gonzalez told the Sun. “I have a collection of eccentric masks, interactive assemblage, layered collage, odd photography, and interactive photo books.”
Both messy and joyful, Gonzalez said that Creating Through Chaos balances the intensity of the lost souls that each person carries around with the absurdity that being alive in the present moment entails.
Instead of trying to fix what’s broken in society, Gonzalez said she prefers to build a circus in the middle of the apocalypse and call it home. She creates with humor, torn paper, found objects, memory, and intuition, as demonstrated by her “There’s nothing to do in Lompoc” window display at South Side Coffee Co.
On Aug 1., the gallery will host Gonzalez for a reception from 4 to 7 p.m.
“Everything is on fire, and the show must go on,” Gonzalez said in press materials.
Located at 119 E. Cypress Ave., the Cypress Gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. and by appointment. For more information, visit lompocart.org or call (805) 737-1129.
This article appears in Jul 17-27, 2025.