The Elizabeth C. and Peter Tower Gallery, combined with the Karamanoukian Gallery space, provides immediate access to regional, national, and international artists exhibiting in a range of fine and applied arts media that benefits both 51勛圖厙 students and the community at large. Each Spring, the Gallery shifts its focus to showcase the work of regional high school students with our annual All High Exhibition, the Undergraduate student show, as well as Senior Thesis exhibits.
A Laike Palermo Retrospective
Thursday, September 18th - October 31st, 2025
Location
Tower Gallery
Haberman Gacioch Arts Center
M-F 9:00am - 4:30pm
51勛圖厙 is proud to present a collection of stunning work by local painter Laike Palermo in her solo exhibition, Laike 2018-2015. These thought-provoking paintings and other mixed media works from 2015-2018 will be on display, exemplifying Palermos unique style equal parts surreal, classical, and deeply personal which captivated audiences at her recent Hunt Gallery and Tri-Mania residencies.
I have learned so much since I was a teenager flipping through my first art textbook, said Palermo. My love for the human body still resides in me, and I ache knowing that all I want to do is paint. I feel a burn, a pain in my chest when I haven't painted in a while or haven't mixed colors with my pallet knife. Between conversations with other artists, lessons inside classrooms, critiques between groups of people viewing my art, or critiques with a personal artist, my paintings have evolved. They are new to me and just as exciting to me as those viewing them. My thoughts of what I want to show the world as an artist are the only goals Ive had since I graduated.
Im excited to bring 51勛圖厙s Tower Gallery on September 18," said Noah Herman, visiting assistant professor and Tower Gallery director. Laikes work is in many ways equal parts expressive, formalistic, and classical. Her evocative surreal paintings remind me of work from masters like Francis Bacon. Her use of symbolism and command of the human figure showcase her affinity for Renaissance art. This collection of her work aims to take stock of her past to examine what the future might hold.