Global Impressions: Alexandra Pacula

Gallery Henoch is pleased to present Global Impressions, a solo exhibition by Alexandra

Pacula featuring eleven new paintings. The exhibition includes ten works from Pacula's

international city series.

Pacula has developed one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary urban landscape

painting. Inspired by long-exposure photography, she transforms architecture, traffic, and

artificial light into paintings that blur the boundaries between realism and abstraction,

capturing the rhythm and atmosphere of the modern city.

Spanning eleven international destinations—New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Dubai,

Delhi, Mumbai, Singapore, Seoul, Sydney, and Melbourne—Global Impressions reflects

Pacula's firsthand experience of each location. Traveling extensively throughout the project,

she immersed herself in the character of every city, distilling its architecture, energy, and

identity into richly layered compositions.

This series of paintings grew out of a collaboration with Maker’s Mark whisky, shaped by a

shared commitment to craftsmanship. As Rob Samuels, eighth-generation whisky maker

and Managing Director of Maker's Mark, explains, the project celebrates "the distinct spirit

and creative energy of iconic cities around the world." For Pacula, that meant spending time

in every city, absorbing its movement, light, and rhythm before translating those experiences

into paint.

Anchoring the exhibition is Hell's Kitchen, a ten-foot painting inspired by one of New York

City's most vibrant neighborhoods. Expanding the scale of Pacula's city paintings, the

work envelops the viewer in shifting light, traffic, architecture, and pedestrian movement.

Writing in Whitehot Magazine, Donald Kuspit observed that Pacula's paintings "embody the

energy of the city," while "hovering on the borderline between descriptive realism and pure

abstraction," transforming the metropolis into a distinctly psychological experience.

Alexandra Pacula (b. 1979, Poland) received her BFA from Rutgers University and her MFA

from Montclair State University. Her work is included in numerous public and corporate

collections, including Harvard Law School, PACE University, and Tohokushinsha