This exhibition of work by artist Kate Tova speaks to one of the most pervasive conditions of modern life: collective exhaustion and burnout.

Work from Tova’s newest series, the eponymous A Place to Rest (My Tired Mind), greets visitors as they move through the grand stairwell. This contemplative body of work by the Ukrainian-born artist explores emotional and physical burnout and what it means to truly rest. Interspersed in the stairwell are her signature “glitch” artworks from the Flux series, mirroring the perpetual motion of life. Created during the pandemic, they are inspired by the power of nature, which many of us became more acutely aware of during that time. The dynamic compositions symbolize the ever-flowing state of the universe, existing beyond our control.

Once visitors enter the gallery, they enter an immersive experience, surrounded by works from the A Place to Rest series. Inspired by the gentle hills that burst into wildflowers each spring surrounding her Los Angeles studio. Tova’s paintings envision fields as inner sanctuaries. In these works, wildflower meadows become a metaphor for the mind at rest: expansive and unforced. The less we interfere, the more they thrive.

Tova began this series while recovering from burnout herself, confronting deeply ingrained beliefs about labor, worth, and rest. Raised by a Soviet grandmother with rigid ideas around work and shaped by the pressures of proving herself as an immigrant in the U.S., she developed what she describes as an unhealthy relationship with rest. This body of work represents a slow unlearning of guilt and shame in response to the simple human need to pause.

A Place to Rest (My Tired Mind) invites viewers to move through the phases of growth and transformation; fragility and power--finally finding permission to sit with stillness and softness.. The works resonate with anyone navigating mental fatigue, creative depletion, or the quiet longing for care in an overstimulated world.