second skins

An open call for our art gallery, Sims Contemporary Art Gallery, located at 10th Avenue and 23rd Street in Chelsea, New York City. The exhibition, Second Skins, reflects on the layers we inhabit those we wear, those we build around ourselves, and those we carry within. From fabric to memory, architecture to identity, this exhibition considers how coverings literal or metaphorical shape our sense of self and how we move through the world. Rather than prescribing a singular path, the show invites a wide lens: works that touch on embodiment, concealment, vulnerability, protection, transformation, and the spaces between interior and exterior. Clothing may appear as subject or symbol, but so might shelter, skin, or emotional residue. Artists are encouraged to interpret the idea of a “second skin” in ways that feel personal, poetic, or experimental.