The Uncanny (2021 to 2022)
December 15, 2021 to February 15, 2022
The Uncanny (2021 to 2022) ran from December 15, 2021 to February 15, 2022 as a finished mixed-media exhibition of 39 works by 34 artists. Its live framing examines the unease that arises when something familiar becomes subtly wrong, drawing on the unheimlich and the uncanny valley of near-human likeness to move between recognition, estrangement, and visceral reaction. The catalog spans acrylic and oil painting, charcoal and pastel drawing, photography, digital rendering, artificial intelligence digital rendering, textile art, packing tape image transfer, collage, burned paper and wax, resin, clay, and rusted metal. Photography is one part of that field rather than the exhibition's sole frame. Artist credit lines reach across the United States and locations in Austria, Finland, Greece, Canada, Germany, Ireland, France, Romania, and Ukraine. This page is The Uncanny's permanent home inside TCG Gallery's online exhibition archive, preserving the complete artist roster, catalog entries, media, dimensions, edition notes, and historical listed prices. Explore all 39 works below, then continue to a related Surreal exhibition, the full archive, or TCG Gallery's current photography open calls.
When the Familiar Becomes Wrong
The Uncanny (2021 to 2022) is a finished mixed-media exhibition of 39 works by 34 artists. The page's original framing begins with a precise kind of discomfort: the moment when something recognizable becomes subtly wrong. It invokes the unheimlich and the uncanny valley of near-human likeness, then asks how an image can produce a visceral reaction without fully revealing why. The catalog does not force that question into one process. Painting, drawing, photography, digital rendering, textile, collage, transfer, and constructed materials remain together in the same exhibition record.
Painting and Drawing Across the Catalog
Painting and drawing supply a large part of the exhibition's material range. John Marshall and Paula Rozov each have paired acrylic or oil works on canvas. Carol Blum is represented by acrylic on canvas. William Baez uses graphite and charcoal on paper, while Anya Benninger uses charcoal and pastel on handmade paper. Frank Boyce combines acrylic with a blow torch on board. Hector Acuna works in oil on wood panel, Joseph Miller in oil on paper mounted to panel, and Diane Morley in oils on a hexagonal canvas. Other entries combine gouache, ink, charcoal, wax pencil, air-dry clay, oil pastel, marbled mulberry paper, and digital paint.
Photography, Digital Rendering, and AI
Photography appears through a print on Hahnemühle Bamboo fine art paper, an archival giclee photographic print, and a work credited simply as photography. Digital processes extend further. Ben Schoenkase's two entries are digital renderings with separate historical print and NFT price lines. Sheng Lin's A-Z is credited as an artificial intelligence digital rendering. Elzbieta Zdunek is represented by digital collage. David Miller's Wonder combines layered digital transparency, resin, and a double-insulated window. These catalog facts make the page relevant to searches for digital art, AI art exhibitions, archival photography, and the uncanny valley without inventing a visual interpretation of any work.
Textile, Transfer, and Constructed Material
The exhibition also records processes outside conventional painting or photographic printing. Anna Nichol Stutsman's two entries use packing tape image transfer on canvas board. Lena Meszaros is represented by textile art. Ronald Gonzalez's credit lists burned paper and wax. Vitalii Panasiuk's medium is a rusted metal plate. Charles Seaton's Centered #13 is credited under Techspression, the exact process term used on the live page. Casey Wolhar and Theresa Moriarty are represented by mixed media. Together, these entries establish The Uncanny as a contemporary mixed-media exhibition rather than a photography-only archive page.
An International Credit Record
The artist credits include locations across the United States as well as Vienna, Helsinki, Athens, Victoria, Ontario, Berlin, Donegal, Essonne, Satu Mare, and Chernivtsi. Those are preserved as credited locations, not converted into claims about nationality or where individual works were made. The full page keeps artist names, titles, years, media, dimensions, and historical listed prices searchable long after the exhibition closed.
View the complete 39-work catalog below. Explore The Surreal for a related exhibition, browse TCG Gallery's permanent exhibition archive, or review the current photography open calls.
Featured Artists
Anna Nichol Stutsman, Allan Linder, Annika Ringle, Anya Benninger, Ben Schoenkase, Carol Blum, Casey Wolhar, Charles Seaton, Claudia Six, Dasha Pears, Denise Ayers, David Miller, DeShaun Walker, Dida Papalexandrou, Diane Morley, Don Bergland, Elzbieta Zdunek, Hector Acuna, Frank Boyce, Jane Zich, John Marshall, Joseph Miller, Kevin Kemp, Lena Meszaros, Paula Rozov, Ronald Gonzalez, Lodiza LePore, Samantha Friday, Sheng Lin, Theresa Moriarty, Timea Mitroi, Two-Headed Virgo, Vitalii Panasiuk, William Baez
A Thin Line, Packing tape image transfer on canvas board, 12in x 16in, 2020, $150 - Anna Nichol Stutsman, San Francisco, California
Gemini, Packing tape image transfer on canvas board, 10in x 20in, 2020, $150 - Anna Nichol Stutsman, San Francisco, California
Relax, 10in x 10in, Pen and ink, acrylic paint, digital paint on hand painted board, 2021, $800 - Allan Linder, Norwalk, Connecticut
Look Pretty, Acrylic on panel, 5in x 7in, 2019, $150.00 - Annika Ringle, Lowell, Arkansas
Unhome, Charcoal and pastel on handmade paper, 9in x 12in, 2021, $200 - Anya Benninger, Lemoyne, Pennsylvania
Devour This Metallic Flesh, 24in x 24in, Digital rendering, 2020, $100 nft; $250 print - Ben Schoenkase, Parker, Texas
Evidence of Digital Sickness, Dimensions: 24in x 24in, Material: Digital rendering, Year: 2020, Price: $100 nft; $250 print - Ben Schoenkase, Parker, Texas
LION/ESS, Acrylic on canvas, 24in x 30in, 2021, $350 - Carol Blum, Cincinnati, Ohio
Did We Ever Seen Each Other Clearly?, Mixed media, 30in x 9in, 2021, $175 - Casey Wolhar, Knoxville, Tennessee
Centered #13, Techspression, 16in x 20in, 2013, $275 - Charles Seaton, San Diego, California
Tell Me, Collage/ Painting, 50cm x 50cm, 2021, 380 Euro - Claudia Six, Vienna, Austria
Sun In My Sales, Photography print, Hahnemühle Bamboo Fine Art Paper, 100cm x 100cm, 2021, $1400 - Dasha Pears, Helsinki, Finland
Blue and Buzzing Introspection, Gouache, ink, charcoal, and wax pencil on paper, 28in x 29in, 2019, $500 - Denise Ayers, Newport, Kentucky
Wonder, Digital rendering, 28in x 34in, Layered, digital transparency, resin, double insulated window, 2021, $750 - David Miller, Louisville, Kentucky
EGO, Acrylic, oil pastel, air-dry clay on canvas, 40in x 40in, 2021, $150.00 - DeShaun Walker, Atlanta, Georgia
Upscending Rapunzel-Monday, Pencil and ink on paper, 25cm x 39cm, 2021, NFS - Dida Papalexandrou, Athens, Greece
Coterminous, Oils on a hexagonal canvas, 6 inch sides (12in measured vertex to vertex), 2021, $280 - Diane Morley, Dayton, Ohio
Joyride, Pigment ink on paper, 30in x 24in, 2021, $675 - Don Bergland, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Denial, Digital Collage, 30cm x 30cm, 2021, $100 - Elzbieta Zdunek, Berlin, Germany
Endgame, Digital Collage, 30cm x 30cm, 2021, $100 - Elzbieta Zdunek, Berlin, Germany
Scanner, Oil on wood panel, 7in x 9in, 2021, $440 - Hector Acuna, Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Songs From the Wasteland, 76cm x 64cm, Acrylic and blow torch on board, 2021, 1000 Euros - Frank Boyce, Donegal, Ireland
Assimilating, 16in x 12in, Acrylic on marbled mulberry paper affixed to canvas, 2019, $650 - Jane Zich, Fairfax, California
Man Running in Fear (Daytime), 20in x 24in, Acrylic on canvas, 2021, $400 - John Marshall, Oakwood, Ohio
Man Running in Fear (Nighttime), 20in x 24in, Acrylic on canvas, 2021, $400 - John Marshall, Oakwood, Ohio
Navigator, Oil on paper on panel, 13in x 13.5in, 2020, NFS, - Joseph Miller, Buffalo, New York
Cosmic Relief, Giclée print on matte fine art paper, 33cm x 41cm, 2020, $380 - Kevin Kemp, Ontario, Canada
Danse Macabre (Dance of Death), Medium: Textile art, Dimensions: 50in x 43in, Year: 2021, Price: $1500 - Lena Meszaros, Essonne, France
Man Spirit I, Oil on canvas, 30in x 40in, 2019, $1600 - Paula Rozov, Oriental, North Carolina
Man Spirit II, Oil on canvas, 30in x 40in, 2019, $1600 - Paula Rozov, Oriental, North Carolina
Collage #3, Burned paper, wax, 13in x 8in, 2021, $1,200 - Ronald Gonzalez, Johnson City, New York
Searching, Photographic print, 11in x 14 in, Archival Giclée print, 2021, $200 - Lodiza LePore, Bennington, Vermont
Can O' Brains, Oil painting, 18in x 24in, 2021, $150 - Samantha Friday, Lewisville, Texas
A-Z, Artificial intelligence digital rendering, 2048 px x 2048 px, 2021, NFS - Sheng Lin, San Jose, California
You Have My Blessing, Mixed media, 48in x 26in, 2014, $3500 - Theresa Moriarty, Detroit, Michigan
Memory Backup, Ink on paper, 150cm x 100cm, 2021, $2900 - Timea Mitroi, Satu Mare, Romania
Morpheme, Photography, 12in x 20in, 2020, $400 - Two-Headed Virgo, St. Petersburg, Florida
Merger, 9.5in x 7in, Rusted metal plate, 2021, $250 - Vitalii Panasiuk, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Misery, Graphite and charcoal on paper, 18in x 24in, 2021, $1500 - William Baez, Yonkers, New York