2026 Exhibits and Events at Dock Space Gallery
January 2026 - Whatever Your Life's Work IS, Do It Well
As part of DreamWeek San Antonio, The group show brings together the work of Wardell Piquet, Claudette Hopkins, Katlyn Powell, Alethia Jones, and Barbra Felix—a multigenerational group of artists whose practices reflect purpose, dedication, and the lifelong pursuit of meaningful work.
DreamWeek is an annual summit designed to foster the free exchange of ideas on universal issues affecting humanity. Rooted in the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., DreamWeek invites open, civil dialogue through symposiums, panel discussions, film screenings, concerts, and art exhibitions—creating spaces where ideas inspire discussion and ignite change. This exhibition aligns with that mission by using visual art as a platform for reflection, conversation, and shared human understanding. Working across drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and mixed media, the artists in this exhibition approach their practices as both craft and calling. Their work explores identity, spirituality, memory, and connection—offering visual narratives that speak to personal histories while engaging broader questions of humanity and purpose.
Wardell Piquet’s work reflects a rigorous synthesis of drawing, printmaking, and graphic design shaped by his education at Xavier University of Louisiana under the mentorship of John T. Scott and Charles Graves. His layered process blends traditional techniques with digital precision, using abstraction, pattern, color, and the human form to explore spirituality and interconnectedness.
Claudette Hopkins brings decades of artistic practice and community leadership to the exhibition. A self-taught artist known for her mastery of pastels, Hopkins creates portraits that celebrate women of color and individuals from all walks of life. Her work is deeply informed by her passion for fashion and dance, as well as her long-standing commitment to arts education and advocacy through the San Antonio Ethnic Arts Society.
An emerging voice, Katlyn Powell draws from mythology, Buddhist teachings of loving-kindness, and psycho-spiritual inquiry to create emotionally resonant paintings and sculptures. Through self-portraiture and anonymous forms, her work addresses grief, vulnerability, compassion, and identity—offering art as an act of self-reflection and connection.
Alethia Jones, a Dallas native based in San Antonio, began painting in 2018 and has developed a visual language centered on spirituality, mental illness, and lucid dreaming. Her work bridges inner consciousness and lived experience, creating symbolic narratives that invite contemplation and emotional depth.
A multidisciplinary artist, Barbra Felix explores the human figure as a site of movement, memory, and healing. After retiring from a career in corporate graphic design, Felix fully committed to her studio practice, using expressive gesture drawing, experimental painting, printmaking, collage, and video to examine identity, mixed-race heritage, and the body as a vessel of lived experience and resilience.
Together, the artists of Whatever Your Life’s Work Is, Do It Well, contribute to DreamWeek’s mission of exchanging ideas, inspiring dialogue, and igniting change. The exhibition invites viewers into a shared space of reflection—where art becomes a language for understanding, empathy, and purposeful living.
DreamWeek is an annual summit designed to foster the free exchange of ideas on universal issues affecting humanity. Rooted in the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., DreamWeek invites open, civil dialogue through symposiums, panel discussions, film screenings, concerts, and art exhibitions—creating spaces where ideas inspire discussion and ignite change. This exhibition aligns with that mission by using visual art as a platform for reflection, conversation, and shared human understanding. Working across drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and mixed media, the artists in this exhibition approach their practices as both craft and calling. Their work explores identity, spirituality, memory, and connection—offering visual narratives that speak to personal histories while engaging broader questions of humanity and purpose.
Wardell Piquet’s work reflects a rigorous synthesis of drawing, printmaking, and graphic design shaped by his education at Xavier University of Louisiana under the mentorship of John T. Scott and Charles Graves. His layered process blends traditional techniques with digital precision, using abstraction, pattern, color, and the human form to explore spirituality and interconnectedness.
Claudette Hopkins brings decades of artistic practice and community leadership to the exhibition. A self-taught artist known for her mastery of pastels, Hopkins creates portraits that celebrate women of color and individuals from all walks of life. Her work is deeply informed by her passion for fashion and dance, as well as her long-standing commitment to arts education and advocacy through the San Antonio Ethnic Arts Society.
An emerging voice, Katlyn Powell draws from mythology, Buddhist teachings of loving-kindness, and psycho-spiritual inquiry to create emotionally resonant paintings and sculptures. Through self-portraiture and anonymous forms, her work addresses grief, vulnerability, compassion, and identity—offering art as an act of self-reflection and connection.
Alethia Jones, a Dallas native based in San Antonio, began painting in 2018 and has developed a visual language centered on spirituality, mental illness, and lucid dreaming. Her work bridges inner consciousness and lived experience, creating symbolic narratives that invite contemplation and emotional depth.
A multidisciplinary artist, Barbra Felix explores the human figure as a site of movement, memory, and healing. After retiring from a career in corporate graphic design, Felix fully committed to her studio practice, using expressive gesture drawing, experimental painting, printmaking, collage, and video to examine identity, mixed-race heritage, and the body as a vessel of lived experience and resilience.
Together, the artists of Whatever Your Life’s Work Is, Do It Well, contribute to DreamWeek’s mission of exchanging ideas, inspiring dialogue, and igniting change. The exhibition invites viewers into a shared space of reflection—where art becomes a language for understanding, empathy, and purposeful living.
February 2026 - heART
An Annual Valentine’s Exhibition Celebrating Artist Couples
San Antonio,Texas — Dock Space Gallery is pleased to present heART, a group exhibition celebrating artist couples whose creative practices span a wide range of disciplines, including glass, painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed media. Held annually each February in honor of Valentine’s Day, heART highlights the unique dialogue that emerges when artists share both their lives and their practices.
This year’s exhibition features work by John Dyer, MiNHi England, Casey Arguelles Gregory, Tommy Gregory, Art Tresspasser, Diane Mazur, Suzanne Paquette, and John Sharvin. Together, these artists present a dynamic exploration of material, process, and perspective, revealing how personal relationships can shape creative inquiry without compromising artistic independence.
The exhibition brings together artists working in diverse approaches—from reflective and illuminated glass, to photography rooted in cultural history, to painting and sculpture informed by science, technology, and the natural world. Each pairing offers a distinct conversation, underscoring both shared sensibilities and contrasting voices.
Featured Artists
Suzanne Paquette is a multidisciplinary artist whose five-decade career encompasses painting, drawing, printmaking, and installation. Born in Canada and based in San Antonio, Texas, Paquette’s work is deeply informed by the natural sciences and environmental concerns. Drawing inspiration from soil, maps, geological formations, seeds, and natural pigments, her work emphasizes the physical qualities of materials as much as imagery. Paquette has exhibited extensively throughout Canada and the United States, received numerous grants and awards, and is represented in museum, corporate, and private collections.
Art Trespasser is the current identity of a San Antonio artist who is entering his sixth decade of exhibiting. Trespasser is known for large intricate installations utilizing unusual materials such as magnets, iron fillings,levels and wooden pallets. Born in Illinois, Trespasser studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.Trespasser has exhibited internationally in museums, private and public galleries. He has the privilege of his art included in both private and museum collections, in particular The Art Bank of Canada, Nova Scotia Art Bank and The Great Wall of 1984, National Science Library, Ottawa, Canada.Reviews and articles of Trespasser's artwork have been printed in World Sculpture News, Sculpture magazine, Vie de Artes and The Last Art College MIT press.
John Sharvin is a Seattle-based glass artist whose practice bridges engineering, technology, and humor. A graduate of The Ohio State University, Sharvin previously served as Studio Technician Manager at the Pittsburgh Glass Center and was a competitor on Blown Away Season 3. His work explores processes of translation—from digital design to physical glass—combining CNC fabrication, 3D modeling, and handcraft to create objects that retain the memory of each stage of making.
MiNHi England, an independent artist and educator based in Seattle, works primarily in glass to explore existential themes tied to memory, grief, and emotional transformation. A graduate of Alfred University, England is the owner and operator of Top Hat Glassworks, a collaborative studio supporting emerging artists. Her work has been featured in major collections and publications, including American Craft Magazine, and she was a runner-up on Blown Away. Through mirrored surfaces, light, and repetition, her sculptures examine reflection as both material and metaphor.
Diane Mazur is a prolific painter and mixed-media artist whose vibrant, energetic work spans painting, drawing, ceramics, wood construction, and installation. With over 45 years of studio practice, Mazur has played a significant role in San Antonio’s contemporary art scene, including her involvement in the inaugural Blue Star exhibition. Her work is widely exhibited and collected internationally. She lives and works in San Antonio with her husband, photographer John Dyer.
John Dyer is a photographer with a 50-year career devoted to documenting culturally significant communities and traditions, particularly throughout Texas and the American Southwest. Influenced by Russell Lee and Garry Winogrand, Dyer’s work focuses on lives and places shaped by history, labor, music, and ritual. His photographs are held in major museum collections, including the National Portrait Gallery, El Paso Museum of Art, and the King Ranch Museum. Dyer is the author of several photography books and continues to exhibit nationally.
Tommy Gregory is a Seattle-based artist and curator currently serving as Senior Art Program Manager for the Port of Seattle at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, where he oversees one of the largest airport art collections in the United States.
Casey Arguelles Gregory is a Seattle-based artist, writer, and curator whose paintings explore the intersection of the physical landscape and digital distortion. Often inspired by smartphone imagery, her work features intricate, pattern-driven compositions that blur the line between natural and virtual environments.
heART celebrates not only romantic partnerships, but the broader idea of creative companionship—how shared lives can foster curiosity, challenge, and growth while honoring individual artistic voices.
San Antonio,Texas — Dock Space Gallery is pleased to present heART, a group exhibition celebrating artist couples whose creative practices span a wide range of disciplines, including glass, painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed media. Held annually each February in honor of Valentine’s Day, heART highlights the unique dialogue that emerges when artists share both their lives and their practices.
This year’s exhibition features work by John Dyer, MiNHi England, Casey Arguelles Gregory, Tommy Gregory, Art Tresspasser, Diane Mazur, Suzanne Paquette, and John Sharvin. Together, these artists present a dynamic exploration of material, process, and perspective, revealing how personal relationships can shape creative inquiry without compromising artistic independence.
The exhibition brings together artists working in diverse approaches—from reflective and illuminated glass, to photography rooted in cultural history, to painting and sculpture informed by science, technology, and the natural world. Each pairing offers a distinct conversation, underscoring both shared sensibilities and contrasting voices.
Featured Artists
Suzanne Paquette is a multidisciplinary artist whose five-decade career encompasses painting, drawing, printmaking, and installation. Born in Canada and based in San Antonio, Texas, Paquette’s work is deeply informed by the natural sciences and environmental concerns. Drawing inspiration from soil, maps, geological formations, seeds, and natural pigments, her work emphasizes the physical qualities of materials as much as imagery. Paquette has exhibited extensively throughout Canada and the United States, received numerous grants and awards, and is represented in museum, corporate, and private collections.
Art Trespasser is the current identity of a San Antonio artist who is entering his sixth decade of exhibiting. Trespasser is known for large intricate installations utilizing unusual materials such as magnets, iron fillings,levels and wooden pallets. Born in Illinois, Trespasser studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.Trespasser has exhibited internationally in museums, private and public galleries. He has the privilege of his art included in both private and museum collections, in particular The Art Bank of Canada, Nova Scotia Art Bank and The Great Wall of 1984, National Science Library, Ottawa, Canada.Reviews and articles of Trespasser's artwork have been printed in World Sculpture News, Sculpture magazine, Vie de Artes and The Last Art College MIT press.
John Sharvin is a Seattle-based glass artist whose practice bridges engineering, technology, and humor. A graduate of The Ohio State University, Sharvin previously served as Studio Technician Manager at the Pittsburgh Glass Center and was a competitor on Blown Away Season 3. His work explores processes of translation—from digital design to physical glass—combining CNC fabrication, 3D modeling, and handcraft to create objects that retain the memory of each stage of making.
MiNHi England, an independent artist and educator based in Seattle, works primarily in glass to explore existential themes tied to memory, grief, and emotional transformation. A graduate of Alfred University, England is the owner and operator of Top Hat Glassworks, a collaborative studio supporting emerging artists. Her work has been featured in major collections and publications, including American Craft Magazine, and she was a runner-up on Blown Away. Through mirrored surfaces, light, and repetition, her sculptures examine reflection as both material and metaphor.
Diane Mazur is a prolific painter and mixed-media artist whose vibrant, energetic work spans painting, drawing, ceramics, wood construction, and installation. With over 45 years of studio practice, Mazur has played a significant role in San Antonio’s contemporary art scene, including her involvement in the inaugural Blue Star exhibition. Her work is widely exhibited and collected internationally. She lives and works in San Antonio with her husband, photographer John Dyer.
John Dyer is a photographer with a 50-year career devoted to documenting culturally significant communities and traditions, particularly throughout Texas and the American Southwest. Influenced by Russell Lee and Garry Winogrand, Dyer’s work focuses on lives and places shaped by history, labor, music, and ritual. His photographs are held in major museum collections, including the National Portrait Gallery, El Paso Museum of Art, and the King Ranch Museum. Dyer is the author of several photography books and continues to exhibit nationally.
Tommy Gregory is a Seattle-based artist and curator currently serving as Senior Art Program Manager for the Port of Seattle at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, where he oversees one of the largest airport art collections in the United States.
Casey Arguelles Gregory is a Seattle-based artist, writer, and curator whose paintings explore the intersection of the physical landscape and digital distortion. Often inspired by smartphone imagery, her work features intricate, pattern-driven compositions that blur the line between natural and virtual environments.
heART celebrates not only romantic partnerships, but the broader idea of creative companionship—how shared lives can foster curiosity, challenge, and growth while honoring individual artistic voices.
March 2026
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Staffs, Sticks, and Canes
Staffs, Sticks and Canes by Greg Elliott.
For many years, Greg Elliott has created staffs, walking sticks, and canes. Typically, these works were made only once or twice a year, often inspired by a particular piece of wood or an intriguing found object that suggested the form. This exhibition marks the first time Elliott has focused specifically on these objects as a cohesive body of work.For Elliott, the cane or walking stick offers an elegant and direct way to approach sculpture. These forms provide an opportunity to apply skilled craftsmanship, explore decorative elements imbued with meaning, and create objects that suggest a utilitarian purpose while existing as sculptural works. This exhibition presents forty examples of these pieces. Within the past year, Elliott also began embellishing oyster knives. This practice emerged while participating in a project in Chavin, Louisiana over the past three years. The group of artists and friends involved in the project shares a deep appreciation for the culture of southern Louisiana—particularly its music and its food. Gregory Elliott has been making sculpture for over 50 years. He has worked in a broad range of materials including, wood, steel, bronze, stone, leather and much more. Elliott taught sculpture, ceramics, drawing, art history, and art appreciation for 47 years at institutions such as Louisiana State University (LSU), University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), and University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Elliott served as chairperson at UTEP and at UTSA for a total of 19 years. Elliott retired from university life on December 31, 2024 and is currently the Artist in Residence and lead artist restoring the Kenny Hill Sculpture Garden in Chauvin, Louisiana.Elliott continues to work in his studio in San Antonio, Texas. |
Chuck is my copilot
Chuck is my co-pilot, featuring available originals by Chuck Ramirez. Chuck Ramirez is a renown artist and a dear friend to many in San Antonio and beyond. Chuck is my co-pilot became a tag line created for his memorial upon his untimely death from a bicycling accident. Chuck will always be with us and watch over us, guiding us through our lives.
His artwork lives on today as a testament to his prophetic vision. Every day objects became personified, inanimate objects given lifelike characteristics and personalities. Tablescapes photographed like a foreign correspondent covering an active investigation. Documentation of the scene from the night before, the process of the slow changes of a bouquet of flowers, the remnants of a pinata after the party, the empty tray of chocolates. Imagery that instill memories of moments and events in our lives. |