Rebekah Nolan
STEP. STEP. STEP.
April 25 — June 1, 2025
in collaboration with Landon Caldwell, Danielle Joy Graves, Nick Witten, and Priya Wittman
STEP. STEP. STEP. is a new storybook and a new exhibition by Rebekah Nolan. Sharing the same title, the exhibition offers an immersive exploration of the book's narrative and visual themes and features collaborating artists Landon Caldwell, Priya Wittman, Danielle Joy Graves, and Nick Witten. On view at COMPANION April 25th — June 1, 2025
Often recognized for her use of supple, exaggerated forms and abstract depictions of care, Nolan is known for ushering audiences through the discomfort of what is unknown or unrecognizable. STEP. STEP. STEP. continues this path and treads new ground in expansive and meditative ways. The book features 23 new illustrations by Nolan and is her first release of a written work. Loosely autobiographical, the words and pictures move readers through the daily walks of an artist and the familiar and unknown encounters along the way. It paved the way for her new exhibition.
STEP. STEP. STEP. presents three room-sized installations, each with an accompanying sound composition, under the creative direction of Rebekah Nolan. Nolan herself shares 200 new, acrylic and oil pastel drawings and paintings, each a variation on a theme. An otherwise ignored portion of the gallery is activated with a conjuring graphite and found object collaboration by Danielle Joy Graves and Nick Witten. In her largest textile work to date, Priya Wittman contributes an embracing and monumental tulle installation. The visual explorations of STEP. STEP. STEP. are each supported by generative, site-relational sound works composed by Landon Caldwell.
The exhibition is generous, perceptive, and serves as a timely reminder to stay the course amid staggering uncertainty.
OPENING RECEPTION
Friday, April 25th | 6 — 10 PM
CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP | preview dinner with artists Rebekah Nolan, Landon Caldwell, Danielle Joy Graves, Nick Witten, and Priya Wittman
Thursday, April 24th | 6 — 9 PM
Tickets release April 8th
BOOK READING | Rebekah Nolan reads STEP. STEP. STEP.
Saturday, May 3rd | 11 AM at Golden Hour Books followed by private exhibition viewing hours
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IN CONVERSATION | Rebekah Nolan, Landon Caldwell, Danielle Joy Graves, Nick Witten, and Priya Wittman on STEP. STEP. STEP.
Saturday, May 10th | 11 AM — 1 PM
CLOSING MEDITATION | generative music with Landon Caldwell and a walking meditation with Rebekah Nolan
Sunday, June 1st | 1 — 4 PM
About the Artists
Rebekah Nolan is an Indianapolis-based artist and designer. Her work spans painting, printmaking, sculpture, and installation and uses supple, exaggerated forms and abstract depictions of care to usher audiences through the discomfort of what is unknown or unrecognizable. Respected widely as Co-Founder and Creative Director of Flatland Kitchen creative studio, she’s spent 16 years collaborating with local and national musicians, chefs, and mapmakers. She studied fine art at Middle Tennessee State University and Indiana University Bloomington and has exhibited with galleries, universities, public institutions, and artist-run spaces throughout the Midwest, including in Indianapolis, Detroit, and Minneapolis.
Landon Caldwell is a multi-disciplinary artist and composer based in Indianapolis. His work explores environment, family, and class, primarily through sound, presenting immersive works that redirect attention to the present, revealing hidden layers of reality. Landon has toured extensively across the US, Canada, and Europe and regularly collaborates with artists and musicians in the Midwest and beyond. With Mark Tester, he curates and runs Medium Sound, a focal point of adventurous music in Indianapolis. His installation work has been exhibited at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, The Terminal Kyoto, the Indiana State Museum, and more.
Danielle Joy Graves is an illustration and installation artist from Indianapolis, Indiana. Her work revolves around developing characters and building worlds for them to live in, seeing the interconnectedness of fantasy and reality, her characters and herself.
Nick Witten is an artist and educator from Indianapolis, Indiana. Witten received his BFA from Herron School of Art and Design and his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has worked throughout the Midwest supporting and running artist ran spaces and institutions. Witten’s work spans across sculpture, video, and photography. Currently, he is a Visiting Lecture in Foundations at Herron School of Art and Design.
Priya Wittman received her BFA (2011) & MFA (2016) in Painting / Visual Arts from Herron School of Art & Design in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her recent textile works are informed by texture and color relationships encountered in daily life. These works capture an intersection of the mundane and the expansive and are designed to be felt throughout the body, creating an experience that is both down-to-earth and also surreal. She recently exhibited a solo body of work at Gallery 924 and has completed works for private collections.
The STEP. STEP. STEP. exhibition is curated by Braydee Euliss.