Auric

SOCO Gallery is pleased to present Auric, Liz Nielsen’s fifth solo exhibition with the gallery, opening August 5, 2026. The exhibition features a new body of unique chromogenic photograms and light paintings that move between abstraction and landscape in which luminous geometric forms, mountains, moons, and shifting atmospheres emerge entirely through recorded light.

Working in total darkness without a camera, Nielsen constructs each image directly onto light sensitive material through an intensive analog process she describes as both performance and invention. Colored light is strategically blocked, released, layered, and counted through dozens of exposures before the works are processed through traditional color chemistry. Each work is entirely unique with no negatives and means of reproduction.

While each composition is carefully orchestrated through precise calculations of exposure, color, and duration, the behavior of light itself resists complete mastery. Subtle shifts emerge throughout the process, allowing chance and material interaction to play an active role in the final composition.