LATITUDE: Tend To

Friday, March 7 - September 14, 2025
Buddy at Chicago Cultural Center 
Curated by Diego Rodriguez  

Opening Reception
Friday, March 7th 5-8pm
Open to the public

“I think there’s something to be said for assuring the next that the water’s fine – quite warm actually – once you get into it.”
 – Renata Adler

Buddy and LATITUDE present tend to, a group exhibition featuring works by Jordan Martins, James Hosking, James Talbot, Jesse Ly, Nika McKagen, Sonja Thomsen, and Cebe Loomis. How do we stay present when the uncertainties of the future approach? Art provides a world building capability for escapism and finding care for oneself and others. Whether it’s their etherealness, attentiveness, or quietude, the works in tend to offer us a reprieve from the uncertainty of the future. In that reprieve, we take a moment to tend to ourselves, each other, and the present.

Nika McKagen, Nekiya, 2025 
Silver gelatin print, framed, 26 x 22"
nikamc.com

 

James Hosking, The Outside World, 2023 
Digital collage of magazines, archival pigment print on arches BFK rives pure white, framed, 18.25 x 12.25"
jameshosking.com

 

Cebe Loomis, Heavy With Their Drink, 2023 
Archival inkjet print, framed, edition of 12, 16 x 20"
cebeloomis.com

Jordan Martins, Phenotype 186, 2024 
Archival pigment print, framed, edition of 5, 24 x 36"
jordanmartins.com

 

Jesse Ly, trust, 2021 
Archival inkjet print, handmade framed, 20 x 25"
jessely.com

 

Sonja Thomsen, Unknown (collage for Hazel), 2024 
Archival pigment print, framed, 26 x 28"
sonjathomsen.com

 

James Talbot, Untitled (I just stood there), 2024 
Archival pigment print, yellow vinyl on acrylic, maple frame, 22 x 32"
james-talbot.com