Hooks-Epstein Galleries is thrilled to showcase the work of Gail Peter Borden, Houston-based architect, artist, theoretician, and practitioner. "Shallow Spaces" will open on Saturday, January 17, 2026, with an Opening Reception taking place from 5:00-7:00PM.
*Additional HEG Events:
Artist Talk | Saturday, February 7, 2026 from Noon-2:00PM
Happy Hour | Thursday, February 19, 2026 from 4:30-6:30PM
Gail Peter Borden’s "Shallow Spaces" explores how art is experienced through material, space, perception, and presence. Through pared-down geometry, prismatic form, and deliberate color relationships, the works are an examination of how parts cohere into a whole and how form is experienced through place and time. Reduction becomes a strategy for clarity, allowing each composition to invite close attention to proportion and subtle shifts in movement and light registered in the reflective finish of the piece. The work reveals itself as animated participant through quiet interaction, creating a dialogue between the visual, spatial, and experiential.
Gail Peter Borden, FAIA, is Director of Graduate Programs and a tenured Professor at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design at the University of Houston. As principal of Borden Partnership, his work has earned numerous honors, including the Architectural League Prize, the AIA Young Architect Award, BD+C’s 40 Under 40, and multiple AIA, ASA, and RADA awards. He has been awarded artist-in-residence fellowships from the Chinati Foundation, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Borchard Fellowship, and the MacDowell Colony.
Borden was named the youngest Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in the history of California. He received multiple cum laude degrees in Fine Arts, Art History, and Architecture from Rice University, along with a Bachelor in Architecture. He went on to Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design to complete a post-professional Master of Architecture with distinction. Gail Peter Borden is the author of several influential books on materiality.
Gail Peter Borden’s "Shallow Spaces" will continue through February 21, 2026.
