Survey Exhibition
Thomas Houseago: First Light

Opening December 1st through September 27th, 2026

Filling the museum’s initial seven galleries and presenting over twenty works from the past two decades, Thomas Houseago: First Light marks the first single-artist survey exhibition to take place at the Rubell Museum and will occupy a suite of galleries newly dedicated for this purpose. From eight plaster figures commissioned by the Rubells for the 2006 Red Eye exhibition, to large-scale, collaged paintings created this Fall, the exhibition will elucidate Houseago’s range and psychological intensity across mediums as diverse as wood, bronze, paper, found objects, plaster and paint on canvas.

Antiamnesia I, 2025
acrylic, oil, paper, and glue on canvas
108 x 72 in. (274.3 x 182.9 cm)

Antiamnesia III, 2025
acrylic, oil, paper, and glue on canvas
108 x 72 in. (274.3 x 182.9 cm)

Antiamnesia II, 2025
acrylic, oil, paper, and glue on canvas
108 x 72 in. (274.3 x 182.9 cm)

Cortex- Vortex Painting I, 2025
acrylic, oil, paper, and glue on canvas
96 x 72 in. (243.8 x 182.9 cm)

Cortex- Vortex Painting II, 2025
acrylic, oil, paper, and glue on canvas
96 x 72 in. (243.8 x 182.9 cm)

Vision Cloaked Figure, 2022
tuf-Cal, hemp, iron rebar
116 x 40 x 36 1/2 in. (294.6 x 101.6 x 92.7 cm)
acquired in 2025

Untitled, 2005
plaster, hemp and steel
33 x 75 x 26 in. (83.8 x 190.5 x 66 cm)
acquired in 2006

Untitled (Red Man), 2008
bronze, Ed. 2/4 + 2 APs
156 x 60 x 48 in. (396.2 x 152.4 x 121.9 cm)
acquired in 2009

Madness Devouring Our Children, 2024
redwood and pastel
123 x 30 1/4 x 29 1/2 in. (312.4 x 76.8 x 74.9 cm)
acquired in 2025

Dissasociation Demon Birth, 2024
redwood
84 x 66 x 32 in. (13.4 x 167.6 x 81.3 cm)
acquired in 2025

Untitled, 2021
acrylic, plastic, glass, and mixed media on wood
48 x 36 x 12 in. (121.9 x 36 x 12 in.)
acquired in 2021

Untitled (60 Thomson), 2009
tuf-cal, hemp and wood
96 x 36 x 36 in. (243.8 x 91.4 x 91.4 cm)
acquired in 2009

Sitting Nude, 2006
cast tuf-cal, hemp and iron
54 x 37 x 35 in. (137.2 x 94 x 88.9 cm)
acquired in 2006

Sunrise, 2006
tuf-cal, hemp, iron, clay and graphite
65 x 50 x 40 in. (165 x 127 x 101.6 cm)
acqured in 2006

Box Figure, 2006
tuf-cal, hemp, iron, clay and graphite
100 x 60 x 50 in. (254 x 152.4 x 127 cm)
acquired in 2006

First Light, 2006
tuf-cal, hemp, iron, clay and graphite
61 x 44 x 58 in. (154.8 x 111.7 x 147.3 cm)
acquired in 2006

Squatting Man (Toad), 2006
tuf-cal, plaster, hemp, iron rebar and graphite
47 x 32 x 49 in. (119.3 x 81.2 x 124.5 cm)
acquired in 2006

Standing Boy, 2006
tuf-cal, hemp, iron, clay and graphite
102 x 44 x 42 in. (259.1 x 111.8 x 106.7 cm)
acquired in 2006

Striding Man, 2006
Tuf-cal, hemp, iron, clay and graphite
71 x 46 x 56 in. (180.3 x 116.9 x 142.2 cm)
acquired in 2006

Stage 1 - Trauma Split (Demon visit), 2023
mixed media
108 x 72 x 2 in. (274.3 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm)
acquired in 2023

Stage 3 - Mirror in Studio - living with not in, 2023
mixed media
108 x 72 x 2 in. (274.3 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm)
acquired in 2023

Stage 2 - Vortex Episode - I’m it - It’s me, 2023
mixed media
108 x 72 x 2 in. (274.3 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm)
acquired in 2023

Untitled (Striding Figure 1), 2007
bronze, Ed. 1/4
124 x 96 x 48 in. (315 x 243.8 x 121.9 cm)
acquired in 2007

Cortex- Vortex Painting I and II, 2025
acrylic, oil, paper, and glue on canvas
96 x 72 in. (243.8 x 182.9 cm)