After twelve one-man exhibitions at the Galleria in Minnesota between 1997 and 2012, Jeffrey T. Larson is returning this fall for the first time in fourteen years.
Why the hiatus? Larson shared that for over 15 years, he presented a one-man exhibition almost annually (every year or two) before deciding to pause and slightly shift gears; he bought an abandoned church and renovated it into what is now the Great Lakes Atelier of Fine Art. “Once that was up and running and I was considering another show, Covid came along and put a stop to that,” he said. “The next few years were filled with a number of large commissions and a decision to build a new home and studio, and suddenly fourteen years have slid by. Throughout the entire time and alongside all the other projects, I was working hard on developing new paintings.” Larson now has over 90 works to present at this new exhibition.
Exhibition Details at a Glance:
Title: Jeffrey T. Larson: One Man Exhibition
Venue: Galleria (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Dates: October 15 – November 1, 2026
Website: GalleriaEdina.com
From the organizers:
After presenting twelve one-man exhibitions at the Galleria between 1997 and 2012, Jeffrey T. Larson returns for the first time in fourteen years with an extraordinary body of work created during that time. Featuring more than 90 original paintings presented in a 13,000-square-foot gallery, the exhibition offers a rare opportunity to experience an exceptional collection of masterworks from one of the country’s leading representational artists.
Over the course of his career, Larson has presented more than 20 one-man exhibitions, received numerous national and international awards, and placed more than 750 works in private and public collections. In 2016, the Tweed Museum of Art honored his career with a 25-year retrospective.
About Objet
Jeffrey T. Larson’s 2026 one-man exhibition is presented by Objet, a a 501c3 and art movement with a mission to restore the cultural prestige of master-level representational art. Objet is reframing classical realism for the modern era, working to return it to a prominent and respected place in contemporary culture—positioning it as timeless, relevant, and essential. Through its nonprofit foundation, Objet will challenge prevailing narratives by elevating craftsmanship, beauty, and story as central to our cultural legacy.
“Objet has been developed over the last several years, and was conceived of decades ago,” Larson said of the group. “It came from an observation/frustration that I imagine many of us have trying to understand how conceptual modernism, as a general term, became such an overwhelmingly dominant art form within our culture, and major educational and museum institutions. For more than a century, that work has at best been difficult to understand and appreciate.
“I believe that most people are born innately appreciating our genre (until they are educated away from it). Modernism did not develop based upon a groundswell of public support. Rather, it was promoted aggressively through very savvy marketing and branding campaigns. Objet’s goal is to address this major unequal disconnect within today’s society and to create a movement that reintroduces the highest promotional standards, the best of Contemporary Classicism (for lack of a better term).
“While the modernists understood the power of movements, creating one after another (cubism, expressionism, etc.), we have all pretty much been going at it alone or in small groups within independent galleries. We promote the best work that is inspired through trained human observation from nature from the last fifty years. We base our strengths on the standards that epitomize the principles developed over the last five centuries prior to being rejected by the modernists, as they are manifested in the finest contemporary works of art.
“We hope to partner with like-minded institutions, publications and academics to promote, introduce, educate, and hopefully excite the public, and ideally over time, shift the culture by offering a relevant alternative to Big Art.”
“It’s a body of work I’ve been looking forward to bringing together,” Larson says, adding an open invitation, “and I would truly enjoy having you there to experience the exhibition in person. I hope you’ll join us.
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Story prepared for the web by Cherie Dawn Haas, Editor of Fine Art Today
