Image: Kevin Oehler, Oceano Plastique 25, acrylic and flashe on canvas, 32” x 32”, 2026. Image courtesy of the artist.

Kevin Oehler: Uncanny Ecologies
August 10 - December 13, 2026 @ Frasier

Guest curated by Christina Rudosky 

Uncanny Ecologies presents a curated selection of drawings and paintings from four series by Kevin Oehler—Genus, Accretion, Ghost House, and Oceano Plastique. Together, these works reveal a world in which the boundaries between organism and artifact, memory and matter, nature and culture have become increasingly unstable.

Frasier Retirement Community
The Canyons Center Art Gallery
350 Ponca Place, Boulder, CO 80303
Open to the public during regular hours, 9am - 5pm

Reception for Uncanny Ecologies
Saturday, September 19, 2026
4-5:30pm @ Frasier
4:30pm Artist/Curator Q&A
Free & open to the public

Artist Bio:
Kevin Oehler is a Colorado artist whose drawings and paintings explore the shifting boundaries between natural systems, memory, and the imagination. Oehler’s artistic practice is largely informed by his eighteen-year career as an interpretive exhibit designer for natural history museums and nature centers throughout the United States. Working in close collaboration with scientists, paleontologists, anatomists, and environmental researchers, Oehler created immersive exhibitions on ecology, evolution, paleontology, and climate science. This sustained engagement with the natural sciences continues to shape his visual language, which merges empirical observation with speculative imagination and a Surrealist sensibility.

Oehler earned a BFA from Colorado State University and an MA in Printmaking from Croydon College of Design and Technology in England. His work has been exhibited nationally, including at The Drawing Center in New York, and is held in numerous public and private collections, including the Denver Art Museum, the City of Denver, Colorado State University, and Kaiser Permanente.

Curator Bio: 
Christina Rudosky is a curator, scholar, and writer based in Boulder, CO. She holds a PhD. in French Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder and an MA in Comparative Literature from the Sorbonne (Paris IV). Her work bridges academic research and curatorial practice, focusing on modernist and contemporary art, material culture, and the histories of collecting.

BMoCA at Frasier is a collaboration between Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and Frasier Retirement Community. Curated by BMoCA, this series of exhibitions in The Canyons Gallery is an extension of the museum’s exhibition schedule.