Ken Gonzales-Day: History’s “Nevermade” is the first mid-career survey of the work of Ken Gonzales-Day, bringing together more than 100 works spanning over three decades. Through photography, drawing, painting, and film, Gonzales-Day examines race, identity, historical memory, and the role of visual culture in shaping understandings of American history.

The exhibition’s title centers on Gonzales-Day’s concept of the “nevermade,” a term he coined to describe historical documents or visual narratives that omit or misrepresent the people and events. Referencing Marcel Duchamp’s idea of the “readymade,” Gonzales-Day reworks archival imagery and visual conventions to question how history is constructed, who is represented, and whose stories are left out.

Bringing Gonzales-Day’s major series into conversation, the exhibition traces the political and historical concerns that connect his practice. Featuring staged portraits, altered historical imagery, and investigations of museum and archival collections, the survey highlights the artist’s ongoing engagement with representation, institutional histories, and the construction of public memory.