A curation by Jessica L, Head of Exhibitions at - Cynthia Grow’s work sits somewhere between painting and writing, and the two are closely connected in her practice. She moves between oil on wood panels and text-based works on paper, often developing both at the same time as part of the same line of thought. What ties everything together is her focus on language and memory. Words appear, disappear, repeat, or fragment, while her painted works carry that same sense of something being partially revealed and partially held back. She tends to work in series, returning to the same ideas from different angles rather than treating each piece as a standalone image. There’s a strong sense of mood throughout her work, sometimes quiet, sometimes slightly tense, as if something is just beneath the surface. Her pieces don’t try to resolve themselves completely. They stay open, and that’s where their strength is. You’re not given a fixed meaning, but a space to sit with, where memory, language, and image start to overlap.