Aspect Ratio
Liz Awesome
Nov. 1 - 25 2026

The Atelier is pleased to present Aspect Ratio, a solo exhibition, by American artist Liz Awesome, asserting alternate economic models within conceptual art. This will be the artist’s second solo show in this series.

The Atelier will be transformed into a work-life balance environment. “It is the role of the Atelier to hold space for these urgent topics and the role of the Artist to explore the relevance, impact, provide commentary, and propose alternate ways of thinking. Liz’s disruptive, cerebral presence is an embodiment of art itself.” -Jenna Harris, Curator / Director 

On the walls, the artist will display works inspired by conversations between the non-flowering mulberry on the HOA side of the border, and the oak trees on the park side. These paper and fiber arts mixed media works will be installed in the space alongside notebook pages, original drawings, and a detailed set of instructions: Aspect Ratio outlines a scalable, discipline-neutral process to invert the economy, developed through five years of dedicated research and dream walking.

“Installing this show on 19th and V is especially meaningful for me. Growing up in Sacramento in the 90s and early ‘00s, I became aware of a deep cognitive dissonance that resides here. Every child knows this to be the city of trees, and yet somehow I had to move away to learn the names of the Miwok and Nisenan, who grew the ancient oak trees we have here today. In the last year, at least three stories of corporate violence against these rare and precious trees have reached my feed. Meanwhile, scientists have discovered that trees communicate between root systems. I can sense the trees outside my house perceiving these acts, the arbitrary borders that impact their lives, and their fondness for a people who love the future so much, they learned to cultivate acorns. Bringing this show home is an act of engaging in repair – piecing together a childhood that was built on the frameworks of white supremacy, and reversing the polarities.” -Liz Awesome

During the show, Deleta Robinson, the visionary leader behind Sacramento’s Frontal Lobe Social Club, will convene a public gathering of The Table. This group of cultural luminaries confronts the systemic challenges that prevent Sacramento-based artists from establishing meaningful careers in the greater Sacramento region. 

“The Frontal Lobe exists to engineer meaningful proximity between culture, capital, creativity, and civic power.”

“Working with Deleta Robinson to use this opportunity to directly define and address a challenge we all face seemed like a wise use of the information, resources, and energy that this project will generate. Through the participatory aspects on opening night, the community will work together to create quantitative data and qualitative artefacts for Deleta’s workflows.” L. Awesome

Visitors will use social objects and traditional methods to explore collaborative expression, which will double as a community-centered, hands-on data gathering sprint that proves a business idea. Awesome discovered business ideas through David Bland, who shared Testing Business Experiments with a group of Sacramento-based entrepreneurs through a grant sponsored by the City of Sacramento and implemented by the Sacramento Entrepreneurial Academy earlier this year. 

“The final piece of art I’ll create in the work up to the show will be a set of repeatable instructions that anyone in any discipline can use to attempt to invert the economy. Inverting the economy is so hot right now, and artists can lead this work. This single-edition work will include step-by-step instructions, artist prompts, business diagrams/tarot spreads, and an annotated bibliography. This is something that’s been done that also hasn’t ever been done in this way. I think the technology will have a broad range of B2B and B2B2C applications that are completely and totally scalable.”– L. Awesome