On view May 2–June 9, 2025, “Out of Order” reflects on living with chronic illness through paintings that embrace uncertainty, disarrangement, and unexpected beauty.
Senior Associate Dean for Academics and Student Success and Associate Teaching Professor Kristen Letts Kovak’s solo exhibition “Out of Order” opens May 2 at the Abington Arts Center’s Kellner Gallery outside Philadelphia. Part of the Center’s 2025 Solo Series, the show runs through June 9 and invites viewers into Kovak’s visual meditation on the instability of living with chronic illness and disability. Rooted in abstraction, her paintings begin with a threadbare link to representation before deliberately shifting into states of imbalance and disarray. Each work records visceral decisions and renegotiated pathways, suggesting that wrong turns — like in life — can lead to unexpected forms of beauty and understanding.
The 2025 Solo Series highlights four contemporary artists through individual exhibitions across the Center’s galleries. Alongside Kovak, the spring program features solo shows by Cecelia Grant, Mari Elaine Lamp, and Athena Tasiopoulos.
Image: It Could Go Either Way (detail), 2023, Ink, acrylic, and oil on wood panels