Cricket Fix, Reynolds Gallery, Libbie Ave., Richmond, VA
July 17 through September 19, 2025

In Cricket Fix, Gilfilen offers a contemplative body of work that moves with intuitive energy. Working on unprimed linen and toned grounds, Gilfilen responds instinctively to material and moment, layering gestural marks and overlapping lines in oil and oil stick that echo biological entanglements. The compositions emerge from a process that is both attentive and impulsive, where the physical act of mark-making becomes a response to ambient sound and environment. Her hanging forms create careful tension as they hang and weave amongst the negative space of their backgrounds. With this exciting new body of work, Gilfilen exhibits an intersection of the irregular and the rhythmic, inviting viewers to tune in to these enveloping pieces and take cues from the nature around them. 

“Lately, I have been seeking out spaces that are quiet and allow the rhythms of nature to seep in. The title of this exhibition, “Cricket Fix,” alludes to the significance that the sounds of the natural world have on my work. Aural impressions collide with the assertion and dissolution of form. With each mark, I pay attention, and associations between insect, root and circulatory systems arise. I allow form to give way to spontaneous decision making guided by the murmurs and hums around me. I find this an electrifying process, and its residue serves as an antidote to the numbing of our contemporary world.”