Expiration Sun

Expiration Sun, a solo exhibition by Katarina Jacobs, MFA Painting ’28, opens for viewing at the 4Most Gallery from Monday, November 2 through Friday, November 13.

Reception

November 3, 2026 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

“Expiration Sun is less interested in the spectacle of death than in what thinking about death can offer the living. My recent work comes from researching near-death experiences, particularly in the recurring claim that these experiences can feel ‘more real than real.’

“The paintings move between the ideas of reality and ‘ultra reality,’ where the physical world might be one part of life rather than its complete form. There may be no clear entrance or exit as the soul uses the body to experience life in the physical world. Experiencers often describe light, energy, boundaries, encounters with other consciousnesses, and permanently changed relationships with the mind and body, resulting in profound changes in lifestyle and outlook. These recollections inspire the way I imagine space and construct the composition of my paintings seen within Expiration Sun.

“The reduced attachment to material possessions often reported after near-death experiences is particularly important to this exhibition, and it raises questions about what we assign value to during our lives. After all, even our bodies are temporary. Like the sun, we are extinguishable in form, yet inextinguishable in essence” (Jacobs, 2026).