ANDREA HOOGE 

FUTURES REIMAGINED

solo exhibition

January 24th - February 15th, 2026

Opening Reception: First Friday, February 6th, 2026​

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Clashing with the young is a longstanding prerogative of the old. Boomers and Gen X’ers lament millennials and Gen Z, just as parents in the 1920s pooh-poohed their children’s new ideas. FUTURES REIMAGINED is a series of twelve scratchboard illustrations, sculptural dioramas, and layered cutouts by Andrea Hooge. They reflect on generational conflicts at different times in living memory with all of the illustrative whimsy that draws us to Hooge’s work.

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“I've developed the use of storybook imagery as a safe way to invite viewers to explore images or themes that they might otherwise avoid. This series highlights a few different time periods to explore frictions within domestic settings, or general fears and tensions of the times. Some of these include examples of manufactured moral panics, with the thought in mind of how these have historically been used to create divisiveness for political gain. I enjoy hiding symbolic objects in plain view to create mystery and curiosity, and to indicate that there is more narrative to the image than apparent at first glance.” 

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Hooge uses meticulous scratchwork, covering every inch of her panels with texture and detail, to both conceal and reveal these symbolic elements. In FUTURES REIMAGINED, her adorable furry anthropomorphs are depicted questioning the conventions in which they were raised. Considering Andrea’s heritage—her Mennonite family fled Russia/Ukraine in the 19th and 20th centuries and settled in Canada where Andrea was born—the departures she explores feel especially pertinent. From how we dress to what we read and collect, our choices shape who we are; for some, those choices break with faith or ideology. More often than not, forming an identity, in some way, involves breaking with tradition.

 

And yet, many of these works feature acceptance of a complicated past, as well as the parental love that turns hope into desire for our children. Through repeated elements and settings (if you look closely, you can match each 12” x 12” diorama to each 10” x 10” 2-D framed room), Hooge plants a treasure trove of easter eggs, creating narrative continuity even as scenes shift from generation to generation: 

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“I do this to symbolize that, while specific histories and cultural shifts don’t happen again in the same way, past patterns can provide guidance and intuition for the present and future. The intent is to spell out the inherently good, although possibly misguided, intentions on both sides. To help us to recognize familiar circumstances even in unfamiliar situations.”

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Andrea Hooge (b. 1979) is based in Vancouver. She studied Visual Arts and Psychology at the University of the Fraser Valley, and while on a career path to art therapy, she fell in love with printmaking, specifically etching and linocut, which led her to discover scratchboard, now her preferred and primary medium. Andrea began showing with Arch Enemy Arts after submitting to the 2024 Spotlight Showcase. FUTURES REIMAGINED is her second solo feature with the gallery. 

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FUTURES REIMAGINED will be on view from January 24th - February 15th, 2026
Sold works will begin to ship the week starting February 22nd, unless other rush shipping arrangements have been made. 

Items marked with a red dot have already been sold.

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