Unbreakable Light

August 13 – October 29
Opening Reception: TBD
Artist Talk: TBD

Gallerie Tangerine
900 King Hollands Avenue, Ste. 104, Nashville, TN (615) 553-6868

Unbreakable Light is an exhibition of paintings, Light Keepers, and video by Ruth Chase.
The exhibition brings together new and recent work exploring light as both a physical necessity and a doorway to mystery.
Moving between memory, dream, and imagination, the work operates in a space where the visible and invisible overlap. Figures emerge from luminous, dreamlike environments, ancestral echoes surface through vintage photographs, and recurring forms suggest unseen presences that accompany us throughout life. At the center of this visual language is the Light Body—a recurring form that functions as a quiet companion within the work.
The Light Body appears throughout the paintings as a symbolic presence that may be understood in multiple ways: as an ancestor, guide, higher self, or a reminder of connection to the unseen. It reflects an ongoing interest in how we perceive what cannot always be named, but is often felt.
Unbreakable Light considers light as both a biological necessity and a lived experience. As awareness grows around its essential role in sustaining life, the exhibition expands the conversation beyond physical illumination into perception, memory, and consciousness itself.
Rather than offering resolution, the work remains open. It moves through remembering, presence, curiosity, and wonder—returning again and again to the possibility that what sustains us may not always be visible, but is nonetheless present.