Press Release: Justin Adian and Richard Tinkler: POLYCHROME
Justin Adian and Richard Tinkler
POLYCHROME
Coming to Gallery 1882 on August 1, 2026
Chesterton, Indiana — Gallery 1882 is pleased to announce POLYCHROME, an exhibition running August 1 – October 12, 2026. An opening reception will take place on Saturday, August 1, 2026, from 6:00-9:00pm and is open to the public.
POLYCHROME brings together, Justin Adian and Richard Tinkler, two artists with distinct practices that engage color as both material and conceptual force, inviting viewers to experience the expressive potential of abstraction through richly layered surfaces, dynamic compositions, and inventive approaches to form.
While each artist employs a unique visual language, POLYCHROME explores the shared capacity of color to shape perception, evoke emotion, and transform space. Through painting, sculpture, and material experimentation, Adian and Tinkler investigate the relationships between structure and spontaneity, geometry and gesture, surface and depth. Adian and Tinkler met at the University of North Texas decades ago, yet this is the first time their works are being shown together.
Adian is recognized for his sculptural paintings that blur the boundaries between object and image. Using stretched canvas, industrial materials, and vibrant color, his work challenges conventional notions of painting while emphasizing texture, physicality, and formal precision.
Tinkler's work embraces an intuitive and process-driven approach to abstraction. Through energetic compositions and sophisticated color relationships, his paintings reveal an ongoing dialogue between chance and control, resulting in works that are both visually immersive and emotionally resonant.
Presented together, POLYCHROME highlights the enduring vitality of contemporary abstraction and demonstrates how color can serve simultaneously as subject, structure, and sensation.
What: POLYCHROME
When: August 1 - October 12, 2026
Opening Reception: August 1, 2026 from 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Where: Gallery 1882, 115 Broadway Ave., Chesterton, Indiana 46304
Gallery Hours: Sun: 12pm-6pm; Thurs-Fri: 11am–8pm; Sat: 10am-8pm; or by appointment
About Gallery 1882:
Located in historic downtown Chesterton, Indiana, Gallery 1882 sits on the edge of the Indiana Dunes National Park and Lake Michigan. Founded by Timothy and Ellen Kollar, art enthusiasts and collectors, and in consultation with Heather Hubbs and James O’Donnell, the gallery offers the Duneland community and visitors an opportunity to view, and artists a venue to show, powerful works. As a non-representing commercial contemporary art gallery, Gallery 1882 celebrates art from artists of all career-stages, ages, backgrounds and geographic locations.
Media Contact:
Ellen Kollar
219 782 3278