Bunker Projects

Gallery is open tonight 5-7pm! Come see Glowing in That Waste, a solo exhibition by Maggie Bjorklund maggie bjorklund ✨

If you can’t make it by today, we will be open every Thursday 5-7pm and Sunday 12-2pm now through November 15th 🍂

This week on the BQ: higu rose 🐈

higu rose higu rose is a cartoonist, quilter, ethnographer, and local terror living in pittsburgh, PA. based in fiction and autobiography, higu’s work focuses on experiences of being black, queer/trans, and a little bonkers. higu’s narratives are a constant endeavor to understand the self and society, with a snarling desire to love and live. higu is a current Bunker resident who has been working in natural dye processes, quilting, and illustration during their time in residence. Their studio is a magical workshop at the moment - We hope you got a chance to see their open studio last weekend! ✨ higu’s residency is coming to an end soon, but we cant wait to see how the big quilt they have in the works comes together! Keep up with higu and their work through their pages higu rose & higu rose 🪡

Read higu’s full BQ through the link in our bio 🔗

🌾 October First Friday at Bunker Projects 🍂
New Exhibition & Open Studios

Join us Friday from 6-9 for October First Friday open gallery and studios! We will be celebrating the opening of Glowing in That Waste, a solo exhibition by maggie bjorklund in the gallery from 6-9pm ✨ This exhibition considers decomposition and the necessity of decay. The works reflect on the beauty of matter breaking down to nourish further life.

Our resident studios will also be open from 6-9pm! Come meet our current residents higu rose and collaborative duo Katie Bullock and Nathan Borradaile Wright 📹

Hope to see you there! 🧡

New Bunker Review: In ‘I LOVE FURRY,’ Arcs of Entire Lives Play Out in Sequence
✍️Written by Lane Lincecum
🔗Continue reading at the link in our bio

In this heartfelt review, Lane Lincecum relives defining personal moments in the furry community and connects them to the wide-ranging bond of those seeking more-than-human experiences. Read the full review on our website through the link in our bio.

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slide 1: Submission by Giovanna Paolini Ferrini / Bjørg
slide 2: Submission by Seth Anderson / Polarrhoid
slide 3: Submission by Tabby
slide 4: Submission by Miles Davitt Miles Davitt
slide 5: Submission by Sich
slide 6: Submission by starshipinuu rocket
slide 7: Submission by Gordi

Exhibitor Spotlight: Maggie Bjorklund maggie bjorklund

Maggie Bjorklund is a visual artist working primarily in oil paint. She’s a Pittsburgh local and was a Bunker resident in 2024. More recently her work has been included in the Tomayko Foundation collection, Field Day | Pittsburgh’s Best Coworking Space , and AAP ✨ Her solo exhibition Glowing in That Waste opens at Bunker next Friday, October 2nd - join us from 6-9pm for the opening reception 🍂

Here’s how Maggie describes her work and process:
“I practice art as a way of being present in and attentive to the world. Primarily working in oil on panel, I paint from observation, memory, and feeling, seeking to evoke a tactile and emotional encounter with a subject. I draw inspiration from nature, particularly its cycles of decay and growth. I closely observe my surroundings while walking in the woods behind my home, or working in my garden, seeking resonant imagery, texture, and color to carry into the paintings. Compost, soil, plants, bark, insects, water, and light are recurring references in the work.

My process is intuitive and materially driven. Forms emerge as I manipulate the paint, allowing the movement of the brush to guide the work. Gesture and texture take precedence over rendering. Sweeping, thin brushstrokes coalesce to suggest rather than define forms. The works inhabit a space between abstraction and recognition, with subtle moments of clarity emerging within atmospheric compositions.“

📸: AB Productions

This week on the BQ: Tommy Bruce 🖍️

Tommy Bruce Tommy Bruce was an artist in residence at Bunker earlier this summer and curated the epic exhibition I LOVE FURRY. His work explores the formation of identity in contemporary culture through work with the Furry community. His work has been featured in exhibitions and publications internationally, including Art in America , ICA Philadelphia , VICE , Lenscratch Photography Daily , and Artforum . He has advocated for the legitimacy and value of the Furry community through public presentations, exhibitions, and programming for more than a decade. Tommy made Bunker his home this summer as he explored many new elements in his expanded practice, and we can’t wait to see where his multifaceted career takes him! Keep an eye on what Tommy is up to and support him via his patreon over at his page Tommy Bruce 💛

Read Tommy’s full BQ through the link in our bio 🔗

📸: AB Productions

New Bunker Review: ‘Fiberglass Dreams, Steel Nightmares’ Examines Memory, Capitalism and Nostalgia
✍️Written by Brian Gonnella Brian Gonnella
🔗Continue reading at the link in our bio

Brian Gonnella analyzes the melancholy characters and landscapes in relation to Loc Huynh larger body of work in this awesome review. Leaning into nostalgia and the distortion of memory, their relationship over the years provides some key insights into this new body of work. Read the full review on our website through the link in our bio.

📸: Chris Uhren

We are so excited to announce our next exhibitor, Maggie Bjorklund! Maggie maggie bjorklund is returning to Bunker to present solo exhibition Glowing in That Waste that will open on Friday, October 2nd. Maggie is a Pittsburgh local and was a Bunker resident in 2024 🍂

Glowing in That Waste:
Crouched over the garden bed, March air breathing, we peer into wondrous depths of overwintered soil. Remnants of late autumn death are laid bare. Webs of greyed straw cover skeletonized leaves; brown fungi cluster along bark decayed to powder; citrus rinds curl between worms and obliterated Roma vines. Cupped in hands, shoveled into piles, crumpled in corners, pressed beneath fingernails, life persists.

Glowing in That Waste considers decomposition and the necessity of decay. The works reflect on the beauty of matter breaking down to nourish further life. They emerge from looking closely at my garden, the woods, and the various dusty, buggy corners of my house. The exhibition is also a practice of attending closely to the life around me and, by extension, to the decay of my own body.