Gallery Sonder

Gallery Sonder Gallery Sonder shares untold narratives through contemporary art, highlighting artists at all career stages whose work challenges, inspires, and connects us.

Based in Orange County, it curates immersive exhibitions that bring each artist’s story to life

01/19/2026

“When I see the looms in disrepair, I feel like they’ve done their life’s work, yet they continue to have history and memory.”

— Sheng Lor

Get a glimpse behind the scenes of Sheng Lor’s studio, ahead of the LA based artist’s debut solo exhibition, ‘Interstitial,’ opening next month at Sonder.

A new body of Dressed Looms and Thread Drawings exploring the spaces in between culture, memory, belief, and material.

🔗Head to our website to access to an exclusive
studio interview with the artist, and DM 📥us to
learn more about the exhibition.

A practice shaped by material, memory, and transformation.Raised in Hawai‘i, Maddux developed an early spiritual connect...
01/10/2026

A practice shaped by material, memory, and transformation.

Raised in Hawai‘i, Maddux developed an early spiritual connection to color, rhythm, and the natural environment. Her background in textile design remains central to her work, informing a process-driven exploration of pattern, form, and touch.

Through the simple, ancient act of folding, raw canvas becomes sculptural. Stained with luminous washes of pigment and meticulously shaped by hand, each work exists at human scale, evoking the body while navigating the tension between concealment and revelation, surface and depth.

Totem-like and quietly powerful, Maddux’s works invite reflection on transformation, presence, and the ever-expanding potential of creative practice.

Now on view at Gallery Sonder.



Cobalt Queen, 2024
Acrylic paint, canvas, archival adhesive
66 x 25 x 4.5 in

NOW VIEW‘The Thing In Itself’On view through 26 January, 2026Gallery Sonder presents a group exhibition featuring works ...
12/11/2025

NOW VIEW
‘The Thing In Itself’
On view through 26 January, 2026

Gallery Sonder presents a group exhibition featuring works by Ruben Benjamin, Jae Ford, Noosha Golab, Gary Lang, Sheng Lor, Susan Maddux, Josh Sperling, and Pilar Wiley.

Inspired by Immanuel Kant’s idea that we can never know an object as it truly is, only as it appears through our own perception, the exhibition reflects on the space between reality and interpretation. Through painting, sculpture, textile, and relief, these artists explore how form and color shape the way we encounter the world.

Visit the gallery in Corona del Mar to experience the exhibition.

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Now On View | ‘The Thing In Itself’“We can never know the thing in itself, we know only its appearance, shaped by the co...
11/26/2025

Now On View | ‘The Thing In Itself’

“We can never know the thing in itself, we know only its appearance, shaped by the conditions of our perception.”
-Immanuel Kant

We are pleased to present a group exhibition examining the space between appearance and reality.

Inspired by Kant’s philosophy of perception, eight artists engage form, color, and material to question how we understand the world around us.

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On view through February 16 at Gallery Sonder.








OPENING NEXT WEEK: ‘The Thing In Itself’Friday November 21st6:00 - 9:00pm3435 E. Coast HwyCorona Del Mar CA 92625Gallery...
11/15/2025

OPENING NEXT WEEK: ‘The Thing In Itself’

Friday November 21st
6:00 - 9:00pm

3435 E. Coast Hwy
Corona Del Mar CA 92625

Gallery Sonder is pleased to present ‘The Thing In Itself,’ a group exhibition on view from November 21 through February 16, 2026.

Featuring works by Ruben Benjamin, Jae Ford, Noosha Golab, Gary Lang, Sheng Lor, Susan Maddux, Josh Sperling, and Pilar Wiley, the exhibition explores how form and color shape the way we encounter reality.

Inspired by Immanuel Kant’s idea that we can never know objects as they truly are—only as they appear through the filters of our perception—The Thing In Itself invites viewers to consider not what is seen, but how seeing unfolds.

“We can never know the thing in itself, we know only its appearance, shaped by the conditions of our perception.”

-Immanuel Kant

Featured Artists:



Gary Lang


Josh Sperling

In these transcendent, surreal dreamscapes, Lydia Baker renders the intimate terrain of care, memory, and transformation...
10/18/2025

In these transcendent, surreal dreamscapes, Lydia Baker renders the intimate terrain of care, memory, and transformation. Through jewel-toned figures suspended between reality and reflection, she reimagines the bonds between parent and child, self and other - tracing the emotional and biological threads that connect us.

Symbiosis - now on view at The Annex at Sonder, Corona Del Mar.

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“We don’t want a finished story in our paintings. It’s about leaving room for the viewer’s imagination—trusting them to ...
09/20/2025

“We don’t want a finished story in our paintings. It’s about leaving room for the viewer’s imagination—trusting them to complete the narrative in their own way.” — Herbst & Högman

Dreamlike worlds, staged encounters, and the blur between reality and theatre come alive in this landmark presentation.

‘In the hollow’ - now on view at Sonder, Corona Del Mar through 9 November.

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Velvety folds of color, whipped like heavy cream, ripple with electric violets and molten pinks 🤤 a feast for the eyes ...
08/13/2025

Velvety folds of color, whipped like heavy cream, ripple with electric violets and molten pinks 🤤 a feast for the eyes and a temptation to touch.

Some smoooooth vibes coming out of studio.

👀 2026

Moments of ZENInside Gary Lang’s Los Angeles studio
07/25/2025

Moments of ZEN

Inside Gary Lang’s Los Angeles studio

In “Into the light of the dark black night,” light slips in like a whisper through two quiet openings in an otherwise en...
06/15/2025

In “Into the light of the dark black night,” light slips in like a whisper through two quiet openings in an otherwise endless dark. In the quiet, light becomes a language - measured, intentional, and deeply felt.

Into the light of the dark black night, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
51 x 62 x 2 in



Experience the work in person at Gallery Sonder. ‘Silent Doors’ on view through June 30th

Visit the exhibition online to learn more.

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