She in the Tower
A Solo Exhibition and Curatorial Project by Jessica Libor
Opening Reception: May 7, 2026
4-5:30pm- Artist's Talk and VIP walkthrough
5:30-8 PM- Public Opening Reception
7 House Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
An art exhibition, ballet performance and fairy tale interactive installation.
New York City — Era Contemporary and 7 House Gallery present She in the Tower, a solo show and curatorial project by Jessica Libor, with curatorial consulting by Marina Granger and artist liason consulting by Jo Gamel. She in the Tower invites viewers into an expanded realm of interior myth and psychological architecture. Rooted in the enduring archetype of the “girl in the tower,” Jessica Libor’s newest body of oil paintings and drawings reframes this figure as a sovereign consciousness in incubation. Across monumental canvases and intimate works on paper, the tower becomes a place where agency, desire, and self-authorship are forged through arresting visual language and emotional density.
Drawing from fairy tales such as Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Snow White, and Rose Red, as well as the global lineage of mythic structures that shape feminine inferiority, She in the Tower transcends narrative nostalgia to articulate a contemporary psychology of feminine identity. Libor’s recent artist residency at the Akureyri Art Museum in Iceland is also present in her use of Nordic mythology.
The exhibition unfolds as a dual-layered experience: Libor’s solo presentation of new work is paired with a curated selection of artists responding to the same thematic terrain. This invited section, including Kristy Gordon, will explore variant universes of confinement and transcendence, autonomy and risk, calling on artists whose work resonates with the central motif of internal transformation and symbolic enclosure. Participating artists include:
Erin Kate Archer
April Baez
Dasha Bazanova
Sara Breslin
Jenny Brown
Claudia Carlson
Jaqueline Cristina
Linda DiLeva
Brittany Dolence
Megan Emily Ely
Ilana Ellis
Irene Ferri
Jo Gamel
Kristy Gordon
Phyllis Gorsen
Emma Grace Hapner
Claire HarnEnz
Emilia Hendreich
Carolyn Hampton
Jacob Hicks
Liz Jaff
Angie Meche Kilcullen
Victoria Koursaros
Chelsey Luster
Quinne Mandel Myers
Bryn McConnell
Helena Moyer
Tanner Newman
Kate Quafordt
Daniel Roa
Emily Taylor Rogers
Sarah Renzi Sanders
Sarah Schrift
Syrie Moskowitz
Lauren Woods
There will also be a live ballet performance from Sleeping Beauty by a NYC ballerina Kathrine Honch at 6:30pm.
She in the Tower not only embodies Libor’s deepest artistic articulation to date, it builds a constellation of voices that interrogate what fairy tales reveal about autonomy, choice, and transcendence in contemporary life. The VIP opening reception on May 7, 2026, at Seven House Gallery will feature a gallery walkthrough and talk on the topics of fairy tale history, symbolism, and the process by which myth becomes modern psychological terrain, with surprises to delight the senses.
This is a one day physical exhibition.
Register for VIP ticket and/or Public Reception. The VIP ticket provides the opportunity to see the work before the public in a quieter setting, and includes a special gift bag with surprises and a gifted print by Libor, and the opening reception. The price of the VIP ticket goes towards the purchase of any art at the exhibition. VIP ticketholders may stay for the entire event. All guests must be on the registration list to be admitted.