All Roads Lead To /Here

A solo exhibition by Christa Collins

Now on View through November 1st

The Second Floor Gallery

The Bankers Alley Hotel Nashville

This exhibition is a meditation on becoming—an excavation of the winding, fractured, and often unseen paths that shape who we are. A nonlinear, tender, and disjointed journey back to the self.

Through abstract paintings on canvas and paper, this body of work honors the labor of growth—how even the missteps and detours contain an order, a rhythm of return. Each individual painting is a story and a journey in itself.

Christa’s painting process—layered, emotional, gestural—traces her own inner terrains. These artworks represent touchstones; landmarks of interior shifts. They hold restraint and rupture in the same breath. In them, healing is not polished—it is raw, layered, sometimes undone.

ARLTH embraces the intimate, exciting journey of facing oneself—all past and emerging versions included—and acknowledging them as necessary thresholds. It is about self-love and personal growth as something earned, not through perfection, but through presence. Because every closed door rerouted you. And every road—the scenic ones, the hard ones—taught you how to come home to yourself.

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“As a Black woman working in abstraction, my practice is rooted in emotional and spiritual excavation. I experience the world through heightened sensitivity—an intuitive awareness that shapes both how I move through life and how I create.” 

“I’m especially drawn to earthy palettes for their grounding energy—and to black, not as absence, but as presence. For me, black holds strength, mystery, and quiet power. It affirms that darkness isn’t something to fear. Black is beautiful.”

— Christa Collins