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Valence Projects

Gallery and Creative Studio based in Downtown Los Angeles since 2020.

Valence Projects is a hybrid gallery and cultural production agency founded Josiah David Jones in 2020, based in Los Angeles. We're dedicated to championing underrepresented artists in fine arts, public works, and strategic partnerships. Our programming is grounded in intentionality and community building through curation, exhibition, large-scale murals, and artist-driven initiatives across the gl

obe. With a focus on cultural stewardship and impact, we are committed to shaping a more equitable creative future—one project at a time.

10/29/2025

Next Up at THE GALLERY Tom Cat — Maiden to Mother

Join us November 6th, 6–9PM at THE GALLERY for the opening of Maiden to Mother, a solo exhibition by artist Tom Cat ()

Through figurative minimalism and line work, Tom Cat explores the passage from girlhood into womanhood, tracing the lessons, trials, and quiet transformations that shape identity. Her work reflects on the subconscious programming that defines how we see ourselves, and what it means to finally see beyond it.

Maiden to Mother opens during DTLA Art Night, inviting guests into a space of reflection, release, and reclamation.

THE GALLERY — 107 W 5th St, DTLA November 6th | 6–9PM

10/16/2025

Vienna based oil painter Helen Ifeagwu () explores the visual language of Afrofuturism, merging classical form with contemporary Black expression. Her surreal worlds exist at the crossroads of culture, identity, and imagination.

Read our interview with her now on The Keep Up & see her latest work on view at black in every color. at the Andaz West Hollywood, showing for the first time in the US.

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09/30/2025

we got fresh prints.

We’ve teamed up with Moby Arts () to present a special print shop at the Andaz West Hollywood.

Featuring 6 artists who’ve been with our community since day one, this pop-up offers limited edition prints—available in one size, exclusively on-site.

Only  Available October 10 – December 31

Gettem while you can, once they’re gone, they’re gone.

08/20/2025

Next Up • A multimedia presentation of Different Dude, a book by artist • Thursday, October 2nd 7pm.

Author, artist, comedian, reality TV guy, and former twelve-year professional basketball player, Rod Benson, will be presenting his first book, Different Dude accompanied by a presentation of limited edition prints and an all new installation - for a one day only experience.

The evening will be moderated by as Benson guides us through excerpts and video companions from the stories of Different Dude.

Different Dude, released Dec 2023, is a critically acclaimed “memoir” that explores what it means to learn, grow, feel, and eventually unlearn what it means to be alive, told through stories around his unusual basketball career.

“This is not a memoir, and it’s about ‘basketball’ only in the sense that basketball is a way of looking at life.” - Dexter Thomas (Vice Anchor and Public Speaker). Benson will be in conversation with Thomas to help make it make sense.

Taking place during the next , join us along with 20+ galleries downtown for an evening of arts.

08/05/2025

THURSDAY 6PM • Join us for our artist panel exploring the radical act of dreaming throughout the diaspora during DTLA Art Night

Panelists:
LATASHÁ
Jocelyn
Cash-Cooper
Tony Parker
Tumi Adeleye

Moderated by Anthony Thompson

This programming is associated with Parables from Dreamers: Themes on Diasporic Wandering Exhibition open through August 10th. Inspired by Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower.

• Shaylen Nelson Print Pop-up
• Surprise DJ Set! 🤫

Works by:
Asari Aibangebee
Jazmin Johnson
Doug Hickman Jr
Brandon Mathis
Dylan Camp
Cash Cooper
Shaylen Nelson .all.day
Tumi Adeleye
Phoenix Moon
Elesia Hendricks .co

Curator: Mikayla Rodriguez, UNMET .us

Event Producer: Destiny Quinn, Destined Moments .co

Gallery: Josiah Jones, Valence Projects

07/28/2025

Next Exhibition • Parable from Dreamers: Themes on Diasporic Wandering

An exhibition inspired by Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower, is a bold celebration of imagination, unity, and resistance through arts.

Curated by of UNMET.

Opening Saturday, Aug 2nd 5pm
Through Aug 10th.
at THE GALLERY, 107 W 5th St.
RSVP -> bio

Works by:
Asari Aibangebee
Jazmin Johnson
Doug Hickman Jr
Brandon Mathis
Dylan Camp
Cash Cooper
Shaylen Nelson
Tumi Adeleye
Phoenix Moon
Elesia Hendricks .co

Featuring:
Live performances (De’TREON, Ceptemba, & LEÁ THE LEOX)
Airbrush Tees by Aisha
American Style Food Stand by
Curated Open Bar

Event Host: Bria Adams

Sponsors:

07/07/2025

LOVE CATS 🐾 opens this Thursday, July 10th 6pm
A new series by RERUN, Love Cats is an intimate look at the ups and downs of love..captured through moments from his relationship, painted on canvas, paper and postal stickers like a visual memoir. Honest, funny, raw.

This will also be our first exhibition as part of DTLA Art Night , joining 20+ galleries and events happening across Downtown LA. You can find us on their new digital map.

There’s something for everybody, with original works starting at $50. Come on by.

Opening night: Thursday, July 10th
The Gallery by and , Downtown LA RSVP in bio

06/16/2025

In honor of Juneteenth, we’re inviting you to gather for a special Seen event this Wednesday, June 18 at Valence Projects.

We’ll be screening “Black Art: A Brockman Gallery Legacy”. The PBS documentary on the Black-run gallery that transformed LA’s art scene and helped launch movements that still shape us today.

After, we’ll reflect on learning of the past and plans for the present. Opening dialogue and ideas while honoring the creative legacy we inherit.

107 W. 5th St (DTLA)
5–8PM
Film begins at 6PM | Art talk at 7PM
Free w/ RSVP in bio.

06/09/2025

LOVE CATS • RERUN Opening June 21st 
“Love Cats” is Rerun’s newest solo exhibition, a visual memoir built from 20 works on paper, 30 sticker illustrations, and a human-ready litter box.

Inspired by a relationship that changed shape over time, the show captures moments of love, grief, humor, and reflection, told through Rerun’s signature cat characters.

“This was supposed to be a love story,” he says. “But the story changed. So I painted through it.”
Join us in experiencing a world that’s as raw as it is playful.

Read more at The Keep Up newsletter. 
Opening June 21st, 6pm-11pm at Valence Projects

06/02/2025

New work by Doug Hickman Jr. calls to congregation in Downtown Los Angeles

“When the Revolution Couldn’t Be Televised”, a mixed media work paying tribute to the Summer of Soul documentary and the rich legacy of Black joy, music, and resistance during the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. Composed from salvaged fabric sourced just blocks from the billboard site, the work is a statement to what connects, and survives, us. 
Presented by SaveArtSpace as part of The Things That Bind Us, curated by Nakeyta Moore, this billboard transforms public space into a site of memory, culture, and care.

Read our newest Keep Up newsletter for more.
 Also peep…the original work, embellished and limited edition prints available. 🔗

04/25/2025

WIP, Mary Harris’ new mural in the heart of the Arts District, DTLA.

Join us tomorrow — 12pm — for the official mural unveiling during One Santa Fe’s “Art Chella”, a showcase of Mary’s works and live painting.

300 S Santa Fe Ave, Unit T

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107 W 5th Street
Los Angeles, CA
90014

Website

http://www.valence.studio/

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