Houston's Boutique Art Gallery

We are pleased to begin the new year with Houston-based artist Claire Cusack in her upcoming exhibition, Timeless Stories, debuting on Saturday, January 10th, 2026. Join us for an opening reception with the artist from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. As always, admission is free.
In Timeless Stories, Claire Cusack explores the silent histories carried by the objects that quietly coexist with our lives. Beyond their typical use, these objects become vessels of memories, both shared and witnessed. By Cusack’s hands, they are reborn — transformed, refined, and assembled into exquisite sculptures, becoming visual narratives that serve as a testament to the power of objects across time.
Timeless Stories is on display until February 14th, 2026.

In his first-ever exhibition with koelsch gallery, Jeff Wheeler presents a collection of surrealist and often humorous works in Guaranteed Fresh. The technicality of Wheeler’s graphic line drawings and dramatic charcoal shapes combine with loose, unpredictable marks of painting, textual references, sculptural ephemera, and found elements of salvaged paper, weave together a fantastical mystery novella that the viewer must unravel on their own terms. There is an evident drive to preserve the nostalgia of the past and give it a fresh, often twisted makeover. His process creates a tactile timeline of the revered landscape of the American Werdy he was raised on, and then merges it with a brand of historical fiction and present wanderings, both physical and psychic. Wheeler’s art comes as much from the ever-present daily life around him as from his inner landscape, historical interests, and personal whims.

Ellen Frances Tuchman is a Southern California native, a child of Disney and Technicolor, who has been living in Dallas, Texas, for the past four decades. As a former textile major at the California College of the Arts, the essence of fiber is a through line in her work – from the heavily beaded ephemera layered into narrative assemblages, to her abstract paper quill paintings that evolved from the LA light and space movement. Her works incorporate found and discarded materials, ephemera, textiles, and a love of pattern.
Tuchman’s work will be shown in three fall 2025 Texas exhibits: Past and Future Perfect at koelsch gallery, Assembled: A Look at Contemporary Collage, on display from September 26, 2024, to January 4, 2026, at the Tyler Museum of Art. Two of her new “ribbon” quillwork paintings are featured in the exhibit of the Texas Vignette Art Fair in Dallas, curated by Maggie Adler, on display from October 2 to 4, 2025.

Reception: Saturday, March 15th, 1 – 3 pm

koelsch gallery is pleased to make its fifth return to the annual international-exhibition, Outsider Art Fair, New York. For over 30 years, we have remained as one of Houston’s only institutions exclusively dedicated to showcasing outsider, folk, self-taught, and visionary art. From aspiring to established, we display a variety of artist across a multitude of mediums. By evoking inspiration, connection, and understanding, our works remain rooted in a shared sensibility and authenticity. Our mission is to blur the lines between the unconventional and mainstream by expanding the definition of art and what it means to be a creator. Join us to see works from Lance Letscher, Sally S. Bennett, Catherine Colangelo, W. Tucker, Jeff Wheeler, Claire Cusack, Gail Siptak, Kelly Moran, Carlos Hernandez, and Richard Kurtz.