ANAMNESIS is an immersive gallery experience exploring photographic archives, sensory-rich film, and handmade garments by local independent designers. The exhibition guides viewers through three years of Bloodbath Studio fashion and film productions, debuting on December 5, 2025, in Austin, Texas at Bolm Arts Gallery.
Anamnesis—meaning the act of remembering —invites audiences into the subconscious pulse of ritual, memory, and identity. The gallery is the studio’s most ambitious environment yet, merging interactive media, projection-scapes, tactile couture displays, and story-driven installation design to embody some core tenants of the studio: visibility is sacred, memory is a portal, and creation is a ritual.
The exhibition is a co-authored environment: spearheaded by visual artist Maia Vollbrecht leading the visual art curation and Bloodbath founder and filmmaker Hannah Varnell guiding the opening experience and cinematic narrative of the gallery. Navarr Gonzales aka FLAMER supports the fashion dimension, producer Alexandra Sleeping employs local resource stewardship, and Bolm Arts Collective provides essential production support.
The gallery features original film work by Varnell alongside garments produced by Bloodbath co-creators and independent couture designers FLAMER, Benjamin Medina, and DASHE. Media artists represented include cinematographers Angela Herr, Joey Hunt, and Andrew Barrera, producer/cinematographer Ivy Wei Chiu, founder of filmmaking collective 24 Cobras, indie-pioneer and photographer Ima Leupp, and documentary photographers Arthur Moss and Brittany NO FOMO - to name a few.
Live cinematography documenting designer creations provided by MJ Johnson of Salt Productions, director and indie-film luminary Michael Zumaya, and steadicam artist Matthew McCloskey. Space curator Marta Elena Cortez-Neavel of Futurkind studio provides curated spaces for connection.
The gallery is supported by fiscal sponsor, Future Front Texas with libations provided by Grav, Goodnight Loving Vodka, Bubblr, Bloom Pop and Best Day Brewing.
The exhibition represents the studio’s broader mission to amplify independent artists through cinematic language and communal platforms. Past showcases include over 500 artist collaborations, and nearly 1000 guests have gathered at the studio’s flagship productions since 2022, each asserting a growing and lasting cultural impact within film, fashion, and performance spaces.
“This gallery is a culmination of everything the studio has built over the past four years,” says Hannah Varnell. “A way to honor the heart and soul of the independent artists and creators from Central Texas in fashion, film, and performance art.”
For opening night - attendees can expect:
● Immersive projection + film installations
● Handmade couture
● Interactive digital screens
● Runway film excerpts and backstage documentary excerpts
● Live filming
Opening weekend includes:
Saturday
● Visual Artist Panel moderated by Hannah Varnell
● Bloodbath Studio Artist Panel moderated by Alexandra Sleeping
Sunday
● Marketplace pop-up showcasing curated and created fashion finds, homewares, tattoo artists and more
The gallery opening is designed as a communal ceremony—both a celebration and a remembrance—anchoring independent fashion designers and filmmakers at the forefront of narrative environment design.
About Bloodbath Studio
Bloodbath Studio is a conduit for conceptual exploration, honoring the ritual of the creative process in fashion, film, and fine art. The studio merges ritual, memory, and experimentation through high-concept visual storytelling, prioritizing emotional resonance and community-driven platform building.
An exhibition exploring Latino–Indigenous identity through artists whose work emerges from interwoven lineages, where histories meet, cultures merge, and identities braid into one living story. Featuring artists from Mexico, Texas, Oregon, California, and beyond, this show highlights a tapestry of voices from Latin and Indigenous worlds—threads distinct yet inseparable. Step into a space where past and present intertwine as one shared horizon. Water Blessing by Andrea Cortez & Mario Garza. Live music by Phoenix Amaterasu.
Exhibiting Artists: Polaris Castillo (CA) @missingcosmonautElyse Gomez (TX) @elyse.g.omezPaulina María Rico Lucero (MX) @paulinarico.artLindsey Nicole Roderick (OR) @lindspaints_Andrea Munoz (TX) @xoxoammoElexis Hernandez (TX) @saturns_onionringsAnica Vasquez (TX) @laalmadelsol (Ofrenda Installation)Ángel García (MX) @anco_art01Sando Omecoatl (TX) @el_sandoEddie Martinez (TX) @artbyeddiemartinezKat Cardena (TX) @kat.cadenaLuis Gutiérrez (TX)
Gallery Hours: By RSVP & during East Austin Studio ToursWeekend 1: Nov 8-9 ( Sat/Sun) 12-6PM Weekend 2: Nov 15-16 (Sat/Sun) 12-6PM This event is free, family and pet-friendly, with drinks and hors d’oeuvres provided by our sponsors!
Special Thanks to Our Sponsors@atxorganicsofficial | @eldoradocafeatx | @amayastacos | @carabuenatequila | @consulmexatn Consulate General of MexicoSpecial thanks to our special guest: @connectarte_atx
Closing Night Celebration: Thursday, November 27, 7–10:30PM
The Wicked Witch of the East features the work of artist and psychotherapist Nicole Josephine. Join us for an evening of strange art, provocative poetry, live performances and rich conversation.
Nicole Josephine, marketing co-chair and member of the local non-profit Bolm Arts Collective, presents a collection of abstract paintings and sculptures that embody the dark feminine archetype. Her work reflects themes of empowerment and resilience, encouraging viewers to reexamine the narratives surrounding those who challenge societal norms.
Music by: DJ August King
Live poetry readings by: Edith Blackbird, Scenic the Phoenix, Julissa Gonzalez and Nicole Josephine herself.
Additionally, attendees will have the opportunity to purchase her latest poetry book, "Spill Tab." This collection draws from her lived experiences as both a mental health professional and bartender on 6th Street, where she collected the hearts of men like the very tomatoes she ground up for the Bloody Marys they would order.
Gallery Hours: Open by appointment – contact bolmartsmarketing@gmail.com
Bolm Arts Collective is excited to celebrate the decades-long career of Jon Eric Narum, a true Austin icon, with “Pareidolia: A One Man Group Show.” In this quietly expansive show, lifelong artist and Austinite Jon Eric Narum presents work from his three creative identities: The Sky Guy, Juan Diego Nerumski, and Hercules da Vinci, each with their own distinct way of seeing and making. What began as a practical way to separate his work has grown into something more personal: a way of embodying different creative impulses through invented personas. These characters now have their own imagined stories, beliefs, and gestures, shaped by Narum’s background in theater and his ongoing interest in how we define ourselves.
First came The Sky Guy, the artist’s persona whom Narum embodies; he employs realism to paint expansive skies full of hidden faces and forms. Juan Diego appeared next, a more reserved and private persona, who explores abstraction through a meditative lens expressed in a vibrant, saturated palette and smooth gradients. The final character, Hercules da Vinci, is perhaps the most eccentric of the bunch. Despite his hulking frame, he hides beneath the floorboards of Narum’s studio. When Narum isn’t looking, Hercules steals his discarded studio rags, turning them into textured, surprising compositions. Despite their differences, each of Narum’s characters is connected by pareidolia, as faces and figures rise from abstraction in a masterful use of color and form.
Narum’s practice reflects on how art can become a kind of performance, not in the sense of pretending, but of stepping fully into different corners of oneself. By giving each style its own voice, history, and even body, Narum doesn’t just allow himself to paint differently; he gives those differences room to breathe, to evolve, to matter. These aren’t just stylistic experiments; they’re lived perspectives, shaped by distinct emotional and creative logics.
“Pareidolia” invites us to consider what becomes possible when we stop asking our work, or ourselves, to be just one thing. Maybe identity in art isn’t something to pin down, but something we expand into when we are open to all aspects of who we are and can be.
About the artist:
Jon Eric Narum was born in 1950 in Austin to artist parents. It was his parents’ love of art that had a profound effect on Narum’s desire for visual self-expression and his eventual pursuit of an art career. Narum acquired his BFA from UT Austin and his MFA from the University of Oklahoma.
From 1988 to 1999 Narum lived in Lawrence, Kansas, where he taught various art classes at the Lawrence Arts Center and performed in local theater troupes. Narum relocated to his birthplace of Austin in the spring of 1999, where he was able to rediscover a direction for his love of painting, the marvelously varied Texas skies.
Over his decades-long career, Narum has shown all over and won numerous prizes, but he doesn’t keep a record of his accolades. For him, the value of his art is not found in institutional recognition or in sales, but in community and personal expression. Narum is a Hopeless Romantic, Child of the 60’s, Certified Perfectionist, Vegetarian, Economic Efficiency Expert, and a true icon in the Austin art scene.
Opening Reception: 09.18.2025 Closing Reception: 10.04.2025 Gallery Hours: Open by appointment – contact bolmartsmarketing@gmail.com
AUGUST 29TH, 6-10pm
Bolm Arts Presents Asian Season ATX! We are very excited to announce our next event collaborating with @bolm_arts to put on Look Mama We Made It!! Curated by our very own @dbunns! He created this show to say thank you to the people he met along the way.
This is a show dedicated to the support systems within our own lives and communities, the ones who listen to use spout crazy ideas, to the haters, the ones we turn to and say "WE DID IT!" Every single person in this show has been a focal point in my growth and I want to show the community the people who really pushed me behind the scenes.
Thank you to our sponsors @bolm_arts and @beerburgevents for supplying the tasty beverages!! Cant wait to see yall there!!
Opening: June 27th, 7-10pm
On view: June 27th - July 25th
Gallery Hours: Saturday & Sundays 12-4 pm, or by appointment
For over two decades, Bolm Art Studios has been more than just an artist haven, it’s been a cradle of creativity and growth where some of Austin’s most beloved artists and organizations first took root. From groundbreaking initiatives to solo artists who now shape the cultural fabric of our city and beyond, Bolm has nurtured generations of bold, boundary-breaking communities. Now, we’re honoring that legacy with a special exhibition showcasing the work of resident artists, both past and present, that have made Bolm an artistic landmark on the Eastside.
'Bolm Grown' An Exhibition Spanning 22 Years!, opens on June 27th in the Bolm Arts Gallery and is on view throughout the month of July. Sat/Sun; 12-4pm, or by appointment.
During the opening, visitors will get early access to register for our month-long series of events and workshops, each one fueling a crucial fundraising campaign to keep Bolm Studios one of the most affordable and accessible places for artists to thrive in our rapidly changing city. Following the opening, registration can be found on our website or through the linktree on our instagram @bolm_arts.