NEW YORK, NY.- Kristen Lorello presents its second solo exhibition of Philadelphia-based painter Kati Gegenheimer. The exhibition includes a large-scale diptych on canvas and a series of related works on paper installed in an adjacent gallery. 'True Blue' furthers Gegenheimer's ongoing exploration of lived experience, love, and feeling, here expressed in tones of the color blue. Gegenheimer's exhibition at Kristen Lorello runs concurrent to her solo exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), 'We've Only Just Begun,' curated by Leah Triplett, from April 12 - December 31.

Gegenheimer uses expressive marks and recognizable symbols of care, affection, place, and memory in a wholehearted embrace of sincerity. The focal point of the exhibition is a large-scale diptych in the gallery's main light-filled room entitled 'Only Children' that creates an immersive space. Two massive paintings shaped as archways are portals to midnight skies and oceans of flowers. A full moon in the left panel pairs with an empty night sky on the right, showing two phases of lunar orbit and tidal shifts. As the title of the work suggests, Gegenheimer uses the imagery as a way of talking about the relationship between two lifelong friends who are both ‘only children.’ Like satellites orbiting the earth, the friends’ paths diverge and intersect over the course of a lifetime. The keyhole, a common motif in the artist's paintings, appears at the bottom of each panel, symbolizing paths and possibilities to be unlocked and lived.

In a related series of works on paper, Gegenheimer communicates feelings through symbolic images painted in watery strokes. Each composition features a place or thing that could in turn be taken for something else: a dandelion flower doubles as a sparkling firework; a bow, by definition, is also a knot. Displaying her love of pattern, decoration, ornate architecture, and domestic spaces, these intuitive works explore symbols of devotion and love through a single color and medium: blue ink.

Kati Gegenheimer was born in Bucks County, PA, in 1984 and lives and works in Philadelphia, PA, where she is an Assistant Adjunct Professor at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture. Her first museum solo exhibition, 'Kati Gegenheimer: We've Only Just Begun,' curated by Leah Triplett, is on view at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) from April 12 - December 31, 2026, coinciding with the reopening of PAFA's Historic Landmark Building and the 220th Anniversary of the museum. A recent painting by Gegenheimer is included in PAFA’s permanent collection. The artist received an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale University in 2013 and a BFA in Printmaking and Art History from the Tyler School of Art in 2007. Her works have been exhibited at Kristen Lorello, New York, NY, David Peterson Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Jeffrey Deitch, New York, NY, and Gross McLeaf, Philadelphia, PA, among other venues. She is the recipient of a Joseph Robert Foundation Grant, a Yaddo Artist Access Grant, and a smART Ventures Grant, and has been granted artist residencies at the Edward F. Albee Foundation, The Goldey House Artist Residency, the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency, and the Pollock-Krasner Residency at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY.