Exhibitions
JESSICA WOHL: I DREAMED YOU WERE HERE
Hunter Museum of American Art / 10 Bluff View Ave. August 28, 2025 - February 22, 2026
Jessica Wohl
I Dreamed You Were Here features the work of Sewanee, Tennessee-based artist Jessica Wohl. Using the language of quilting, Wohl will transform the mansion stairwell with layered textile banners sourced from found garments, linens, and discarded household items. This process of disassembling and reusing textiles is a tactile exchange with the item’s former owner, and the new forms that emerge are a collaboration with history. These pieces address the hidden potential of what lies beneath the surface of our day-to-day systems of care, labor, and relationships. Wohl uses the softness of the material and the intricately stitched text to communicate with the viewer, inviting them to join her in a quiet revolution against exploitation and oppression.
image: Jessica Wohl, The Pink Party, 2021, found fabrics, tablecloths, sheets, pillowcases, pants, shirts and dresses, 89 in x 79 in.
About Hunter Museum of American Art:
The Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tennessee, collects, studies, and presents American art from the Colonial period to the present day. The collection includes paintings, works on paper, sculpture, photography, mixed media, furniture, and contemporary studio glass covering a range of styles and periods. A few of the artists represented in the Hunter’s collection include Winslow Homer, Robert S. Duncanson, Mary Cassatt, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Thomas Hart Benton, Helen Frankenthaler, Louise Nevelson, Robert Rauschenberg, Nick Cave, Lorna Simpson and Lesley Dill. To learn more, visit huntermuseum.org.
Press Contact: Cara McGowan, cmcgowan@huntermuseum.org, 423-227-0562
