UPCOMING
SAP
A solo exhibition of works by Corey Sherrard Jr.
On view June 26 - July 26, 2026
The Lanecia A. Rouse Gallery is pleased to announce SAP, a solo exhibition by Houston-based artist, Corey Sherrard Jr.
Using the fluid, life force of trees as a metaphor for collection and preservation, Sherrard examines how livelihood and tradition become shaped around what is saved and passed down. Through multimedia works and sound installation, Sherrard situates physical materials as legacies for individuals, communities, and histories, connecting memory and meaning with tangible forms. Read more about this exhibition in the show statement:
SAP is an installation depicting the tradition of collecting and how our collections reflect our past, present, and future. Collections for the artist are a map of seeking across knowledge, spiritualities, and media before an ever-changing social landscape, remembering and forgetting histories at the behest of world power structures. SAP doubles as a temporal listening experience and performance space inspired by internet radio stations such as Ice House Radio (Houston) and Refuge Worldwide (Berlin), the Black Arts Repertory Theater/School, the Internet Archive, and Are.na. Sap is coined as the lifeblood of trees as the media, interactions, and traditions we collect make up the spirit of our times. SAP is also the title of Sherrard’s pre-recorded radio show broadcast quarterly on WGXC 90.7 FM from Acra, NY
— Corey Sherrard Jr.
About the artist.
Corey Sherrard Jr.
Corey Sherrard Jr. is an interdisciplinary artist, radio host, musician, and designer born and based in Houston. He is a School for Poetic Computation and University of Houston alum. He is a recipient of the 2023 Jones Artist Award and since then, Sherrard has exhibited visual and sound works at Sanman Studios (2023, 2025), Sabine Street Studios (2023), Cleve Carney Museum of Art (2023), Basket Books and Art (2024), and the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center (2025) and has performed at CAMH (2021), Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (2025), DiverseWorks (2025), and Blaffer Art Museum (2024). He is currently a resident DJ and archivist for internet radio station Ice House Radio and is a member of experimental music group Essex Moor.