Join us at Heft’s new gallery space this Wednesday
6-9pm @ 300 Broome for the opening of

New languages of rules and resonance

Heft is pleased to present Groundwork, a group show surveying artists who use procedural systems to forge new visual languages. On view from June 25 through July 26, 2025 at the gallery’s new space at 300 Broome Street in the LES, the exhibition brings together a cross-generational roster of artists whose works experiment with process, material, and the encoded intelligence of systems.

Groundwork includes works by 0009, Aranda\Lasch, Mike Balzer, Nancy Burson, Shamus Clisset, diewiththe most likes, Emily Edelman, Ganbrood, Auriea Harvey, Jan Robert Leegte, Zach Lieberman, Lovid, William Mapan, Thomas Noya, p1xelfool, Steve Pikelny, Qubibi, Rafaël Rozendaal, Nat Sarkissian, Helena Sarin, Nicolas Sassoon, Marcel Schwittlick, Marcelo Soria-Rodriguez, Iskra Velitchkova, Emily Xie, and Sarp Kerem Yavuz.

The opening event is open to everyone, but we are tracking attendence to ensure we have enough mezcal : ) please respond here:

This exhibition complements the thematic provocation of Heft’s inaugural group show, Truth or, which opened in April 2025. While Truth or foregrounded the complex dynamics of post-truth culture in an AI world, Groundwork rounds out the foundation for Heft’s evolving program with an emphasis on algorithmic approaches, abstraction, and diverse material use. The exhibition centers on artists using the tools of our time to reflect a world in constant flux, while revealing the universal connections only art can make coherent. 

Many of the special pieces in this show are from artists we are planning robust solo shows with in the coming year, or they previews from upcoming series the gallery will be presenting online within the next two months.

For inquiries before the show, please contact us by email: [email protected]

Previously: Truth or

This inaugural show of 17 works was about what we call reality today, and how this blurs under the influence of things in our world that are hard to pin down.

The artists in this exhibition have discovered new ways of observing and representing this multifaceted reality that we too often overlook, using algorithms, artificial intelligence, and other systems. 

See the exhibition catalog for the limited remaining works here:

About Heft

Heft is a new contemporary gallery born from more than three years growing TENDER, a collaborative generative art program presenting more than 50 comprehensive series of new works online and at top fairs such as Untitled in Miami and Paris Photo.

Two months ago, I finally opened this permanent gallery space and renamed it, Heft – a family name that means notebook or sketchbook in German. Photos from our Openings and Conversations events so far can be seen on our Moments site, and the new Heft website will be launching later this week with an exciting new collecting program!

I hope you can join us for this Wednesday’s opening, or for a visit any other time while Groundwork is displayed over the next four weeks. I’m overdue in catching up with so many of you - I’ve been completely focused on getting our space set up and these first few shows open, and now I’d love to see you!

— Adam Heft Berninger