Comfort in Consistency

Meraki Gardner and Anya Taylor

December 12, 2025 -January 9, 2026

Comfort in Consistency is a duet of inner worlds, an exhibition that examines the small rituals and repetitive devotions that anchor us in times of grief, transition, and growth. Through the practices of artists Anya Taylor and Meraki Gardner, the exhibition unfolds as a meditation on repetition not as stagnation, but as survival, a return, again and again, to the familiar when everything else falls away. Whether in the rhythm of a repeated mark or the echo of a familiar chorus, consistency becomes a place of safety. It becomes a way home. Anya Taylor’s practice is rooted in meditation, memory, and the quiet intensity of craft. Her work draws deeply from the visual rhythms of childhood, specifically the soft familiarity of patterns found in picture books and domestic objects. Using repetitive hand-made marks, delicate textiles, and slow, methodical processes, Taylor explores themes of femininity, grief, and the cycle of life. Meraki Gardner’s painting practice emerges from the emotional landscape of fandom, specifically, his decade-long relationship with the band 5 Seconds of Summer. In 2014, during a time marked by chaos and unreliability in his external world, Gardner found a lifeline within this band, a consistent presence that offered relief, recognition, and belonging. As he grew older, so did the band. Their evolution mirrored his own, offering not only a soundtrack but a reflection. Together, Taylor and Gardner weave a quiet but powerful narrative around how constancy can nurture identity.