“Wonderland”, Colored Pencil on Paper Mounted Panel, 16 in X 20 in, 2025

Hexum Gallery is pleased to present Easy Lovers, a solo exhibition of new works by New York City–based artist Jared Freshman.

The show will be on view from February 6 through March 20th. This will be Freschman's first solo exhibition with the gallery and follows his 2025 residency at Ca' d'la Völp in Northern Italy.

Freschman works with colored pencil on paper mounted to wood panel, producing vibrant, jewel toned drawings withcontrolled gradients and tightly built compositions. Figures, flora, fruit, interiors, and decorative motifs appear in vivid palettes that recall technicolor cinema and the staged drama of European painting. Orbs of color and soft vibrations move across the surfaces, referencing spiritual energy and contemporary aura photography. This combination of scale, color, and staging gives the works a narrative charge that feels cinematic in mood and oddly private in scale.

Exhibited Works

"Chamber of Reflection"

"Wonderland"

"Pansies"

"Duomo Gaze"

"His Garden"

"La Dolce Vita"

"Simon's Studio"

"The Garden of Truth"

"Stay In Bed, Forget The Rest"

"The Soul Candle"

"3-Way"

Installation Views

Jared Freschman (b. 1996) earned his BFA from Pratt Institute in 2018. Freschman’s work has been included in exhibitions internationally at Hexum Gallery (Montpelier, VT), Distortion Society (Beacon, NY), Berry Campbell Gallery (NYC), Field Projects (NYC), Synchrony (NYC), The National Arts Club (NYC), PRIOR Art Collections (Barcelona, Spain), Eve Leibe Gallery (London, UK), Project Gallery (NYC), The Untitled Space (NYC), GIFC (Norway), The Delaware Contemporary, Cooler Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), and many more. Freschman had his debut solo exhibition in 2025 at Gotham (NYC), while completing his first artist residency at Ca’ d’la Vòlp in Piemonte, Italy. His work has also been exhibited at museums such as The Museum of American Illustration (NYC) and The Delaware Art Museum.