Solo Exhibition: Homecoming
Demit Omphroy
Dates: April 12 - May 17, 2025
Reception: April 12 | 6-8 PM
Glass Rice is proud to present Homecoming, Demit Omphroy’s debut solo exhibition with the gallery. Conceived in the wake of personal loss, this body of work emerges from a period of solitude and introspection following the passing of the artist’s grandmother. Returning to his late grandparents’ home in Alameda, CA - a place imbued with personal and generational history - Omphroy transforms the space into a temporary studio, allowing memory and his artistic practice to intersect.
In Homecoming, Omphroy engages painting as both a meditative and reconstructive act. His use of bold color and expressive forms serves as a visual lexicon for navigating grief, absence, and the search for solace. The works, marked by a sense of immediacy and emotional clarity, reflect a deeply personal yet universally resonant exploration of loss and at times, moments of joy within the darkness. Each composition functions as both an artifact of remembrance and a step in the artist’s evolving dialogue with familial memories.
As Omphroy’s first solo exhibition, Homecoming also marks his return to his Bay Area roots - a journey that is both literal and metaphorical. Through this exhibition, he navigates the complex dynamics of family, inheriting generational experience, and the transformative power of art to process and transcend personal pain.
Viewers are invited into this intimate exploration - to witness the emotional weight embedded in each work and reflect on the universal resonance of remembrance. In Homecoming, grief is not merely an absence but a presence - one that lingers, shapes, and ultimately finds expression and healing through art.
Demit Omphroy
Dates: April 12 - May 17, 2025
Reception: April 12 | 6-8 PM
Glass Rice is proud to present Homecoming, Demit Omphroy’s debut solo exhibition with the gallery. Conceived in the wake of personal loss, this body of work emerges from a period of solitude and introspection following the passing of the artist’s grandmother. Returning to his late grandparents’ home in Alameda, CA - a place imbued with personal and generational history - Omphroy transforms the space into a temporary studio, allowing memory and his artistic practice to intersect.
In Homecoming, Omphroy engages painting as both a meditative and reconstructive act. His use of bold color and expressive forms serves as a visual lexicon for navigating grief, absence, and the search for solace. The works, marked by a sense of immediacy and emotional clarity, reflect a deeply personal yet universally resonant exploration of loss and at times, moments of joy within the darkness. Each composition functions as both an artifact of remembrance and a step in the artist’s evolving dialogue with familial memories.
As Omphroy’s first solo exhibition, Homecoming also marks his return to his Bay Area roots - a journey that is both literal and metaphorical. Through this exhibition, he navigates the complex dynamics of family, inheriting generational experience, and the transformative power of art to process and transcend personal pain.
Viewers are invited into this intimate exploration - to witness the emotional weight embedded in each work and reflect on the universal resonance of remembrance. In Homecoming, grief is not merely an absence but a presence - one that lingers, shapes, and ultimately finds expression and healing through art.