Gallery Exhibitions

The shroud the slip the surface the stain

6.27.26 - 8.16.26

LVL3 is pleased to announce The shroud the slip the surface the stain, a two-person show featuring Kate Hefferan (Chicago, IL) and Brit Krohmer (Milwaukee, WI). The exhibition will be on view from June 27th to August 16th, 2026.

The shroud the slip the surface the stain is a meditation on the gulf between seeing and knowing, on the space through which we reach in search of the image. Through the works of Krohmer and Hefferan, we invite you to linger and reflect on the moment between perception and comprehension.

Krohmer’s ceramic sculptures mimic the geometry of structure and utility while harboring a stubborn resistance to instrumentalization and categorization. In her work, failure and repair exist uneasily in a negotiation between oblivion and purpose. Hefferan’s paintings remind us that to remember is also to risk forgetting: by pausing time in material, she stretches and shrinks the distance between the event of the painting and the event of the memory.

The opening reception will be held on Saturday, June 27th, 2026 from 6-9pm.

Gallery hours are Sundays 1-4 pm and can also be made by appointment. Please email team@lvl3official.com or call/text 312-469-0333 to reserve a time outside of gallery hours.

Installation view of Apparition/flats (Kate Hefferan), Small fabric (Kate Hefferan), THRUSHPLATE (Brit Krohmer), LIZARD BRAIN (Brit Krohmer), and Birth/shore (Kate Hefferan)
Installation view of How to leave, Apparition/flats, and Small fabric (Kate Hefferan)
Kate Hefferan, How to leave | 2026 | oil paint and oil ground on panel | 9 x 12 in
Kate Hefferan, Apparition/flats | 2026 | oil paint and oil ground on panel | 9 x 12 in
Kate Hefferan, Small fabric | 2026 | oil paint and oil ground on panel | 9 x 12 in
Installation view of How to leave, Apparition/flats, Small fabric, and Same old grace (Kate Hefferan) & LIZARD BRAIN and SUNFUCKER (Brit Krohmer)
Installation views of Same old grace (Kate Hefferan), SUNFUCKER (Brit Krohmer), LIZARD BRAIN (Brit Krohmer), THRUSHPLATE (Brit Krohmer), and Birth/shore (Kate Hefferan)
Kate Hefferan, Same old grace | 2026 | oil paint and oil ground on panel | 10 x 10 in
Brit Krohmer, SUNFUCKER | 2026 | Fiberglass, house paint, candle wax, insulation foam, charcoal powder | 42 x 42 in
Brit Krohmer, THRUSHPLATE | 2026 | Fiberglass, house paint, graphite | 48 x 24 in
Brit Krohmer, LIZARD BRAIN | 2026 | Chemically chromed ceramic | 13 x 5 x 5 in
Kate Hefferan, Birth/shore | 2025 | oil paint and oil ground on panel | 8 x 10 in
Installation view of Semble and Apeiron fact (Kate Hefferan) & BEHIND THE POTATO SHAK (Brit Krohmer)
Kate Hefferan, Semble | 2025 | Oil paint and oil ground on panel | 10 x 8 in
Kate Hefferan, Apeiron fact | 2026 | Oil paint and rabbit skin glue on canvas | 60 x 50 in
Brit Krohmer, BEHIND THE POTATO SHAK | 2026 | Chemically chromed ceramic | 21 x 7 x 7 in
Installation view of Downy woodpecker, Eros version, and #1 Emily Dickinson fan (Kate Hefferan)
Kate Hefferan, Downy woodpecker | 2025 | Oil paint and oil ground on panel | 8 x 8 in
Kate Hefferan, Eros version | 2025 | Oil paint and oil ground on panel | 8 x 8 in
Kate Hefferan, #1 Emily Dickinson fan | 2026 | Oil paint and rabbit skin glue on canvas | 56 x 50 in
Installation view of MAD CAP, PUDDLE, WHERE THE STATIC GATHERS, untitled, and GLURCH (Brit Krohmer)
Brit Krohmer, MAD CAP | 2026 | Ceramic, graphite | 19 x 15.5 in
Brit Krohmer, PUDDLE | 2026 | Ceramic, graphite | 17 x 8 in
Brit Krohmer, WHERE THE STATIC GATHERS | 2026 | Fiberglass | 17.5 x 13 in
Brit Krohmer, untitled | 2026 | Ceramic, graphite | 7 x 2.5 x 1 in
Brit Krohmer, GLURCH | 2026 | Ceramic, graphite | 12 x 12 x 1 in
Installation view
Installation view