Henrique Hermes & Tyler Rexeisen
“ECHO CHAMBER”
In partnership with COMPLEX

Complex presents Echo Chamber, a duo exhibition featuring Tyler Rexeisen and Henrique Hermes, otherwise known as “T-Rex Global” and “Bondoso Bandido.”

The exhibition brings together the two visual artists to examine repetition as both a formal and cultural strategy, exploring how recurring imagery builds lasting recognition.

In Echo Chamber, Rexeisen and Hermes share a common factor across their works: repetition of found figures, faces, and scenes that evolve into visual forms. However, they dramatically emphasize how these motifs repeat, accumulate, and build off one another. Across the diptychs on view, each composition holds its form while introducing subtle visual variations.

Hermes, known for his works featuring nostalgic imagery of characters paired with satirical phrases, brings a series that revisits motifs from his earlier practice. Alongside him, Rexeisen pulls together his signature female figures and reconstructs their faces through his color palette. Together, both artists assert a recognizable aesthetic language, demonstrating how recurring motifs can evolve while remaining deeply connected to their respective practices.

Within the gallery, each work is accompanied by a companion piece of identical dimensions, replicated but altered. The pairing acts as a metaphor for how these artists have developed their identities through recognizable symbols that recur across their bodies of work. At the end of the gallery hangs a single collaborative painting done by both artists, disrupting the even quantity and uniformity of the diptychs. This layout turns the space into a literal echo chamber, where the works on either side slowly fade out into one piece, just as an echo does, growing softer, until it disappears into silence.

Basic.Space LA 2026
Curated by Bailey Jane
& Asher Koondel
In partnership with Basic.Space

BASH presents a curated selection of works by Archer Defterios, Marc Guiragosian, Henrique Hermes, Leonard “Soldier” Iheagwam, and Jacob Rochester for Basic.Space Los Angeles.

The curation features works spanning a range of media and approaches. Commissioned for this exclusive presentation, each artist’s work draws from a different art movement while maintaining a distinct style. Drawing from a range of influences, the works engage in both contemporary experimentation and historical precedence. Together, their practices form a cohesive dialogue that reflects the evolution of contemporary art and the fresh ideas that accompany it.

Taking place at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles with Basic.Space, Koondel gathers these artists from around the world, presenting their works side by side. Sharing a sensibility aligned with Koondel’s vision, the independent artists form a collaborative dynamic that reinforces the exhibition’s overarching theme, highlighting the resonance between their distinct contemporary practices. Together with Koondel, the group offers a forward-looking perspective, signaling the next wave of talent in contemporary art, perfectly aligning with Basic.Space’s future-forward initiative.

Henrique Hermes
“HEAVENLY”

Heavenly features a selection of works that explore Hermes’ consciousness through playful cartoon imagery and satirical text. While each piece tells its own story, together they show his resistance to complexity and his desire to find simplicity in a chaotic world. Viewers are left to interpret what’s truly going on beneath the surface, as the meaning is often hidden behind humor and distortion.

Henrique Hermes (b. 1994) is a Portuguese artist from Porto, Portugal. Hermes is currently based in Caldas de Rainha, Portugal, where he creates his often unpredictable yet deeply intentional paintings. His work consistently utilizes a mixed-media approach, combining airbrush, acrylic, and oil paint. Hermes has been featured in a group exhibition at Gallerie Ground in Brooklyn, New York, as well as in two solo shows: Raro in Genoa, Italy, and Galeria Diferença in Lisbon, Portugal. Heavenly marks Hermes’ first solo exhibition in the United States.

Archer Defterios
“Under Marble”

Expanding on Defterios’ ongoing exploration of color, light, and texture, Under Marble examines the tension between surface and depth. Through a layered, iterative approach to painting, Defterios invites the viewer to look beyond the immediate, much like uncovering what lies beneath marble.

Suspended from the center of the gallery, four monochromatic paintings expose their vibrantly stained backs, revealing structural elements that are typically concealed. This presentation highlights both process and materiality, exposing the earliest, unseen layers within each work. Alongside these, larger compositions hang with paintings from Defterios’ Blue Compositions series. Together, the exhibited works incorporate palettes drawn from the natural world.

Archer Defterios (b. 2000) is a Greek-American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Self-taught in painting, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design from the University of Southern California Roski School of Art and Design. During his studies, his interest in the relationships between color, light, and texture developed. Working independently in his studio located in Hollywood’s Gallery District, he has cultivated a growing network of collectors, with works in private collections worldwide.

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