The artist behind a new exhibit opening in the Jeanne Rauch Art Gallery on the Gaston County Museum’s third floor will be at the museum in person on Sept. 6 for a public reception.
Charlotte artist K. Orr Ambrose’s exhibit, “This is What Happened,” will be on display at the museum Sept. 5-Jan. 3, 2026.
Ambrose’s work is a mix of acrylic and oil paint and aims to portray, “a unique, open story created by a random or subconscious combination of disparate images pulled from both old and new photographs, social media, friends, family and daily life,” she said in a press release from the museum. “My figures are often found in surreal circumstances and dreamlike, abstracted landscapes which point to the subjectivity of perception. I like to think I am constructing stories that both do and do not belong to any specific person, but embrace the plurality of realities and encourage us, if only for a moment, to step out of the story and into the song.”
Her art education began at 8-years-old with drawing classes at The Greenville County Museum of Art, and Ambrose went on to attend the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia. She earned her BFA with a double major in painting and ceramics and was awarded a three-year residency at Odyssey Center in Asheville, the release said.
Her work has been shown in group and solo shows for 30 years.
Ambrose’s reception will be held from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at the Gaston County Museum, 131 W. Main St. in Dallas. It is free and open to the public.
This article originally appeared on The Gaston Gazette: What to know about K. Ambrose Orr’s exhibit at the Gaston County Museum
