International exhibition explores immigrant artists creating beyond predefined narratives.
JS Gallery, the international contemporary art platform founded by the Institute of Mediterranean Culture (IMC), Greece, announces its participation in LA’s largest and longest-running art fair, the LA Art Show, which returns for its 31st edition on January 7 to 11, 2026, with the exhibition “OFF SCRIPT,” curated by Julia Sysalova (AICA), curator, art critic, and Vice President of IMC. To be presented in Los Angeles in January 2026, the exhibition examines how artists construct new visual languages when familiar references, roles, and narratives no longer apply.
“OFF SCRIPT” brings together ten immigrant artists from the USA and across the globe whose practices emerge outside established cultural frameworks: Alina Altukhova (USA), Oxana Akopov (USA), Consonance Ebb (USA), Julia Flit (UK), Olga Horne (New Zealand), Irina Metz (Armenia), Alena Rezanova (USA), Veera Romanoff (Finland), Daria Sviatkovsky (USA), Lidziya Yablonskaya (USA).
In a city widely associated with scripts, performance, and structured storytelling, “OFF SCRIPT” focuses on artists who arrive without predefined positions. Their works reflect processes of displacement, adaptation, and reinvention revealing what emerges when external structures fall away and authenticity becomes the primary creative force.
“‘OFF SCRIPT’ explores what happens when artists are not assigned a role,” says curator Julia Sysalova. “When familiar systems disappear, artists must rely on intuition, inner logic, and lived experience. The result is work that is raw, vulnerable, and deeply resonant.”
The exhibition presents a wide range of contemporary practices unified by shared inquiries into identity, belonging, and self-definition. Each participating artist constructs a distinct visual universe shaped by cultural transition rather than inherited norms.
Founded by the Institute of Mediterranean Culture, JS Gallery was established to foster dialogue, unity, and cross-cultural understanding through contemporary art. The gallery represents artists internationally and is featured on Artsy, where collectors, curators, and institutions worldwide discover emerging and established voices.
“OFF SCRIPT” aligns with JS Gallery’s mission to explore universal human themes through art while amplifying voices shaped by global movement and cultural exchange.
Exhibition Details
Exhibition: “OFF SCRIPT”
Event: LA Art Show 2026
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, booth 708
Dates: January 7-11, 2026
Curator: Julia Sysalova (AICA)
Presented by: JS Gallery, Institute of Mediterranean Culture
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Source: JS Gallery by Institute of Mediterranean Culture
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