This June, SOIL Gallery invites you to step inside OASIS —  a maximalist, immersive escape where femme ghosts, queer saints, and acid queens reign. Here, bodies are portals, materials remember, and identity shimmers in the heat haze. an immersive, multidisciplinary installation, The artists conjure a sensory landscape where identity, memory, and material histories entwine. Featuring the work of Dinah J, Flora Wilds, AshaAung Helmstetter, and Jessica Marie Mercy, Oasis is a psychedelic refuge for the body and spirit, where queer community, tactile storytelling, and radical self-expression take center stage.

The gallery mutates into a high-camp desert fantasia where visitors will encounter towering ceramic cacti, shimmering glass, hand-sewn textile relics, sand art, ethereal soundscapes, and monumental paintings — transforming the space into a dreamlike, otherworldly terrain. Each artist brings a deeply personal, politically charged, and community-rooted voice to the environment: exploring voyeurism and identity, femme disposability, deconstructed Americana, and the preservation of queer spaces.

OASIS isn’t just an exhibition — it’s a respite for the freaky, the fabulous, and the forgotten. A place to disappear, reappear, and bask in a shimmering acid dream of community. It is a site of both reverence and play — a liminal zone where visitors are invited to stay awhile, be seen, and imagine new futures.

Join us for the opening reception on June 5th, 5–8 PM for an evening of art, libations, and connection. The show will remain open to the public through the month of June.

About SOIL:
SOIL is a Seattle-based, artist-run gallery space committed to supporting experimental and collaborative contemporary art practices.

For press inquiries, images, or interviews, contact:
Jessica Marie Mercy jessicamariemercy@gmail.com

Dinah J  dinah.juergens@gmail.com