Athletes and Spectators

Patrick Groth, Karsten Krogh-Hansen, Meri Toivanen, and Caroline Zurmely

January 10 – February 14, 2026

de boer | Los Angeles
3311 E. Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90023

Opening Reception:
Saturday, January 10 (6-9PM)

de boer (Los Angeles, CA) is pleased to announce Athletes and Spectators, a group exhibition that brings together four international painters whose practices interrogate the physical, psychological, and cultural architectures of performance. Featuring new and recent works by Patrick Groth (New York, NY), Meri Toivanen (Antwerp, BE), Caroline Zurmely (Ann Arbor, MI), and Karsten Krogh-Hansen (Antwerp, BE), the exhibition reframes the familiar roles of “athlete” and “spectator” as intertwined modes of seeing, striving, and being seen.