norMAL and unreMARKable

Exhibition Dates: Friday, January 9th - Sunday, February 8th, 2026

Artist Talk: Saturday, January 17, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm, moderated by Dr. Weston Twradowsky (Associate Director, Center for Environmental Studies, Rice University).
Where: Throughline, 3909 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002 Open Hours: Fridays/Sundays 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm and by appointment

Throughline is proud to introduce norMAL and unreMARKable, with new works by member artists Heather L. Johnson and Henry G. Sanchez. The exhibition will open on Friday, January 9, 2026, 3909 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002 (throughlinecollective@gmail.com for appointments)

FUTURE PROGRAMS: Sound Performance: Thursday, January 22, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: with Garland Fiedler and others TBA. Closing Reception: Saturday, February 8, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm    Other programs: TO BE ANNOUNCED

The title of this exhibition repurposes a comforting phrase commonly used in medical exam results that report “healthy” findings. Artists Henry G. Sanchez and Heather L. Johnson have appropriated the phrase to confront the persistence of technological and chemical solutions that humans have adopted for the maintenance of our daily lives. Considering this dichotomy to be physically and socially precarious, Johnson and Sanchez use their own experiences to question how we so often accept unconditionally the accelerating degradation of the environment, our social bonds, and consequentially, our mental and physical health.

 Johnson works with embroidery and drawing to explore, through the lens of her own love of machines, the physical manifestations of environmental toxicity brought on by our dependence on technology. Sanchez experiments with multimedia installations to consider how his 2017 diagnosis of Stage 4 colon cancer resulted in the halting of his artistic ambitions - simultaneously opening doors for personal vision and expression.