(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Art House Productions presents T/hows@RT/hows, a solo exhibition by artist Bayard, on view at the Art House Gallery from Saturday, August 1 through Sunday, August 30, 2026. The exhibition is curated by Andrea McKenna.
T/hows@RT/hows fills the Art House Gallery with a “hows” made of fabric. It’s not meant to be viewed from a distance. Visitors are invited to step inside, touch, linger, and experience the work from within. This brand-new work is being designed and built specifically in, and for, the Art House Gallery; come experience this one-of-a-kind installation and immerse yourself in this “hows” at Art House.
Shoes off; pants optional.
“Bayard is one of those artists you never forget. His sculptural work commands attention. Working primarily with fabric, he creates monumental indoor and outdoor installations that transform space and invite viewers to step inside, linger, and experience them from within. His works blur the line between sculpture, architecture, and environment, encouraging a sense of curiosity, wonder, and human connection. His installations remind us that art can be immersive, welcoming, and profoundly memorable,” says Gallery Director, Andrea McKenna.
There will be an Opening Reception on Saturday, August 1 from 6:00pm–8:00pm and an Artist Talk on Sunday, August 16 from 2:00pm–4:00pm. Regular gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00pm–4:00pm. All artwork is available for purchase in person at 345 Marin Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07302, and online via the Art House Online Gallery.
Bayard, an artist of multidisciplinarian attitudes, has been exhibiting work internationally since the late 1970s. As a fashion designer, costume designer, playwright, novelist (3 published), short story writer (over 150 published short stories in a ten year period between 1990 and 2000), founding editor of the literary magazine Happy (1992-2007), and fiber artist, Bayard has been lauded by Time Magazine as “Unconventional” and The Village Voice as “the BEST!”
Nominated once for the More Fashion Award, eight times for the Pushcart Prize, Bayard received The Outstanding Selection Prize for a large inflatable outdoor sculpture CURL from the Busan Biennale Sea Art Festival in 2011. Bayard’s work is included in many outstanding collections including the Hallmark Collection in Kansas City and the collection of The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. In 2006 the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts commissioned Bayard’s work Level 7, Generation 2, 3 and 4 for exhibition on the Brown Center Lawn of the Maryland Institute College of Art, and in the summers of 2010 and 2011 Bayard’s large scale inflatable work was exhibited on Governor’s Island in New York. 2015 saw two major exhibitions, Answer A Moustache at The Luise Ross Gallery New York’s vibrant Chelsea Arts District, and Blanket Coverage, President Promises Presidential Promises or Justin Bieber is the Lindsay Lohan of his Generation, a site specific installation at Eonta Space in Jersey City, NJ. In the fall of 2017 Bayard’s iconic 3 Baby Bears 3 (in Five parts) was exhibited at Eonta Space while taking up the helm of exhibition programmer and co-director of Jersey City’s most alternative of alternative artists’ spaces. Since 2017 Bayard has been one busy bitch creating, baking, exhibiting, and curating in the exploding artist community in Jersey City.
ACCESSIBILITY - Large-print materials and tactile, descriptive tours are available upon request. For more information, please contact Andrea McKenna at [email protected].
Art House Productions is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the performing and visual arts in Jersey City, NJ. Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, Art House fosters creativity, inclusivity, and accessibility through theater productions, visual art exhibitions, and community programs presented both on-site and throughout the city. Visit Art House at The Hendrix, 345 Marin Boulevard in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Art House’s 2026 programming is made possible through the generous support of An Anonymous American Foundation; an anonymous donor from the Jewish Communal Fund; Hudson County Cultural Affairs’ Arts in Education and Hudson County History Partnership Programs; Hudson County Parks; the Exchange Place Alliance; the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the NEA; the Historic Downtown Special Improvement District (HDSID); KRE; NJ Beer Co.; support provided through the NJEDA’s A.R.T. – Phase II Grant Program; Panepinto Properties; public funds from the Jersey City Arts and Culture Trust Fund; RWJ Barnabas | Jersey City Medical Center; SILVERMAN; Super Buy Rite; Tito’s; and many generous volunteers, donors, and sponsors.
