Modern West is pleased to share Unbound: Art of the West, a marker of the gallery’s next chapter in our new location at 242 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT. The inaugural showcase will feature over 20 artists inspired by the Western region and will be on view February 12 through April 30, 2026.

Unbound: Art of the West reflects on Modern West’s history and a passion for forging new ground in an ever-evolving art community. Looking to their represented modernists Louis Ribak and Beatrice Mandelman, who left behind their New York City lifestyle to pursue their work in the vast Western landscape, to the stable of Modern West’s innovative contemporary artists, the exhibition is inspired by works that push the parameters of what art has been and how it can move forward – it is ambitious, inspiring and unbound.

Featured artists include Shonto Begay, Michael Coles, Shalee Cooper, Angela Ellsworth, Phil Epp, Alexandra Fuller, Kiki Gaffney, Sheldon Harvey, Suzanne Hill, Jim Jacobs, Beatrice Mandelman, Ed Mell, Arlo Namingha, Stanley Natchez, Kevin Red Star, Louis Ribak, Billy Schenck, Woody Shepherd, Ben Steele, Eugene Tapahe and Mike Whiting.