CROSSLEY GALLERY

February 27-28, 2026
Artist’s Reception: February 27th, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
 

In the Dark, Mistaken for the Sun presents a body of work by Keithlyn Steter Alves exploring perception, memory, and distance through encounters with artificial light at night. Working across painting, photography, and video, Steter Alves isolates moments of illumination in streetlights, passing headlights, and distant glows, and renders them in states of blur and diffusion.

 

Drawn from personal experiences of sleep disorders and hallucinations, these works examine how light can both orient and mislead. Artificial light becomes a surrogate sun. Rather than depicting specific places, the works function as records of perception, preserving fleeting impressions suspended between clarity and disappearance. This exhibition invites viewers into a space where recognition falters and perception lingers, revealing the fragile boundary between what is seen and what is remembered.