Opening: Praying to the Gods
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The Institute for Art and Olfaction is pleased to welcome Los Angeles-based artist and perfumer Persephenie, in her second solo exhibition at IAO Gallery.
In Praying to the Gods, artist Persephenie brings together plants, scent, incense, and self-portraiture to explore reverence through the body. The work treats plants and lived experience as something alive, encountered through smell, awareness, and closeness.
With elements placed low to the ground and along the walls, viewers must lower themselves to engage. Kneeling, looking, and smelling become acts of attention and vulnerability, making reverence something embodied rather than abstract.
Opening: Saturday March 28, 2026
On View: March 28 – April 24, 2026
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