My House Burned Down: A New Exhibition Confronts the Aftermath of Fire
Track 16’s latest show features artists reckoning with loss, memory, and the residue of disaster
What remains when everything is reduced to ash?
That is the question at the heart of My House Burned Down, a searing exhibition curated by Camilla Taylor at Track 16 Gallery, running now through June 28, 2026. The show gathers artists who have personally experienced the destruction of their homes by fire—whether in the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires or in isolated infernos elsewhere—and asks how catastrophe reshapes creativity.
“This exhibition is not about inspiration or silver linings,” writes Taylor. “It’s about the complex emotional, practical, and artistic aftermath of disaster.”
The show refuses phoenix metaphors. Instead, it sits with the grief, the exhaustion, and the sheer inconvenience of loss. Through sculpture, drawing, photography, melted objects, and charred remnants, artists process the unmaking of life as they knew it. The works are haunting, intimate, sometimes absurd, and deeply human.
Featured artists include:
Christina Bothwell
Jacy Catlin
Jamison Carter
Margaret Griffith
John Knuth
linn meyers
Catherine Ruane
Camilla Taylor
Track 16 | Downtown LA
1206 Maple Ave, Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Thursday to Saturday, 11am–5pm (also open by appointment)
Exhibition runs April 26 through June 28, 2026
More info and full artist list here
Whether you’ve experienced fire firsthand or simply want to witness how loss transforms art, this show is worth your time. It is a rare space that doesn’t rush to heal, but instead honors the wound.