as a matter of fact / de hecho y de materia

THIRD BORN is pleased to present as a matter of fact / de hecho y de materia, curated in collaboration with Tiffany Dornoy Rezaei bringing together international and local artists whose practices examine the conditions through which perception is organized and meaning is produced.

as a matter of fact / de hecho y de materia engages questions of corporeality, visibility, opticality, and memory. Rather than treating perception as fixed, the works approach it as something constructed—emerging through relationships between bodies, materials, images, and space. Across sculpture, installation, and wall-based works, the exhibition considers how the ordinary is mediated and made intelligible. The artists explore shifting dynamics between subject and object, as well as the tension between what exists and what becomes visible. Forms appear, recede, or remain partially withheld, drawing attention to the material, spatial, and political conditions that shape visibility. Politics and aesthetics intersect throughout the exhibition not as overt statements, but as embedded structures that organize how experience is framed and interpreted. Through strategies of inversion, subtraction, and self-construction, the works bring to light architectural, technological, and affective systems that often operate unnoticed. In doing so, the gallery is positioned not as a neutral container, but as an active field in which perception is shaped, unsettled, and continuously renegotiated.

Artists: Rey Akdogan, Simon Callery, Ladji Diaby, Rachel Fäth, Emanuel Juárez, David L. Johnson, Devin T. Mays y María Naidich.

— THIRD BORN

On view: February 2 – April 3, 2026
Preview: Monday, February 2, 3-6 PM
Art Week Opening party: Friday, February 6, 7-10 PM