Native State
Native State is a monthly media art program at Eastern Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles, presented in partnership with Artnight. Each first Thursday, the program features California-based artists and designers whose work engages with technology — shown not as finished pieces, but as research, iteration, and work in progress.
The premise is simple: nothing is ever done. Our natural state — as people and as practitioners — is motion. Ideas evolve through contact with others. Work sharpens through dialogue, not isolation. Native State opens that process to the public, inviting conversation and feedback as part of the work itself, not after it.
The name refers to an unaltered condition — a material before it's been processed, a signal before it's been compressed.
Native State 01 — February 5, 2026
- Cybernetic Horticulture Lab Gesture Recognition System Bob Wuss (Direction), Evan Nie (Specimen Sculpture), Andrew Prahlow (Music), Evan Gannon (Lighting & Show Systems), Christian Seung (Viola), David Tangney (Cello), Chris Blim (Facilitator)
- DAISY Isometric Profanities
- Hyunseo Cho Perspective Practice
- Seungmin Lee Light Noise
Native State 00 — January 8, 2026
- Alligator Jesus
- Superchief Gallery
- Seungmin Lee
- Brendan North
- Hyunseo Cho
- Airbrush_by_dupree
- Angelicairbrush
- Airbrushingfordummies
- Brayanramales
- Fnnngn
- g0dcila
- Gabrielrozzell
- Gooodnewz
- Ligmaairbrush
- _lil_red_corvette_
- Love_angel_gata
- Maibunia
- Mrhoodbrush
- Nailbb_
- Not__urz
- Ragsorsomething
- Sobstoryy
- Stuckinthepen
- Thatoneflako
- Unserious_jo
- 333.333.333zzz
Native State Pilot — December 4, 2025
- Alligator Jesus
- Superchief Gallery
- Estevan Oriol
- Brendan North
- Seungmin Lee
- Installations
- Screenings
- Performances
- Talks
- Open studios
- Sound
- Process over polish. The work doesn't need to be done. It needs to be honest.
- Artist-first. The programming serves the artists, not the market.
- Local roots. California-based. Building from here.
- Intimate scale. Small audiences, real conversation.
If you're a California-based artist working with technology and want to show something — finished or not — reach out.