NIKO
MAUVE

May - June 2025
                       The Brick x Lavanda Collective
Gallery Residency





Pansy Debutantes was an exploration of queer identities through diverse mediums, capturing the intimate, complex, and often unseen spaces of self-actualization. The exhibition presented works of artists from Lavanda — a collective of queer contemporary faces— each challenging the conventional narrative of queerness, offering instead a journey into the deeply personal and often paradoxical terrains of self-discovery, transformation, and vulnerability.





Featured work:


Liz Almonte      
“Madeira”                                

Dyllan Gabriel
“Twink Birth”                                          

Saiss Cruz Santana  
“Piel de Flores”
   and “Madeira”
                  
                                               


Community Programming:
a Figure Drawing class,
a Writing Workshop,
a Queer Short Film Screening,
and an Open Mic among others, during our residency






Brooke D’Addio    
“Disidentification”

Marcellus Louise  
“Sxn of Gxd”

 Produced by:  
Niko Mauve  






Sponsored by:
Kiehls, Zakuska Vodka
Lunar Seltzer
Everybody’s Nimble
Final Girl Play