Feedback Loop is on exhibit at The Midway Gallery in San Francisco, CA.

Feedback loop exhibits a hueful storm of self-awarenes, too many options, and the ability to heal yourself.  Feedback Loop showcases two emerging Bay Area artists who articulate worlds of self-healing and searching.  Selected amongst a large pool of applicants, Nicole Dalager and Danae Lenda spent three months in their Midway studios with The Midway Artist Studio Residency, working on new bodies of work opening to the public March 2, 2024.  

Nicole Dalager’s artwork creates a world from healing and a place to meet her non-tangible self.  In this exhibition, her body of work utilizes surrealism and animation to explore themes on mental health, existentialism, and the human experience. Nicole’s work tackles massive concepts like the Theory of Everything and imperanence using her skills in illustration and design.

Dalager says, “Over the last few years, the impermanence of existence has been a heavy weight on my mind having watched loved ones slowly lose their battles with dementia. I spent so long in denial, ruminating on the meaning of consciousness, and anxiously grasping at lacking coping mechanisms, until I read “I am a Strange Loop” by Douglas Hofstadter and found beauty in his speculations of the infiniteness of ourselves.” Nicole led a Color Theory workshop at The Midway, arming guests with skills to also heal and express through exploration of hues.   

Viewers are encouraged to soften their critical side and traverse the loop of scintillating worlds and soft-lined, unfiltered portraits in Feedback Loop.

–Norah Crean