Join us for the closing reception for Wood, Wool, Glass & Clay—an exhibition that is bringing together five artists whose work explores how diverse approaches to materials can shape narratives that invite the audience to look beyond what’s immediately visible.

Holland Tunnel Gallery is pleased to present a live performance by Hearn Gadbois from 4-5pm during the closing reception for Wood, Wool, Glass & Clay.

Hearn Gadbois is a percussionist, instrument designer and builder, session musician, teacher, and composer for dance and film. He has performed and recorded with luminaries including Patti Smith, Yoko Ono, Meredith Monk, and Suzanne Vega.

Raised in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes, Hearn took up conga at age 15 and began performing professionally three years later. In 1980 he relocated to New York and became immersed in the downtown club scene, cofounding post-punk psychedelic trance band Saqqara Dogs. During this time his style and instrumental palate began changing, incorporating and re-contextualizing influences from what’s become a lifelong study of Iranian, Afghani, and other Central Asian and North African musical traditions. Following a 1990s apprenticeship with master instrument-builder Ben Hume, he began creating most of his own instruments—including Persian- and Afghani-style goblet drums, wooden jug drums, and various shakers and woodblocks—most of them crafted by hand using only traditional tools and methods.

Hearn is a newly transplanted resident of New York’s Hudson Valley, having spent the previous 20 years in Prague, Czech Republic, where he was an active performer and teacher, composed for numerous dance and theater projects, and toured throughout central Europe. He has released five albums under his own name, including 2022’s Rara Avis, a compilation collecting works from 1983 to 2020 (Abstrakce Records).