From August 1, 2025, LAID BUG will present a pop-up exhibition by the Shelter Cultivation Project (SCP), an artist community formed in Vermont, USA.

The exhibition will feature the work of seven artists who were brought together by the leader of the project, Shawn Dumont, as well as a pop-up store in the form of a souvenir kiosk operated by the SCP.

Maris Turner is currently based out of LA and will show a series of smaller intimate paintings. Jackson Tupper of Vermont will exhibit new paintings from his Souvenirs series. Alex Kovacs is known for sublimating influence from modernism, Japanese architecture, and post-internet fashion into ceramic works. Zephyr Christakos-Gee, is a painter based in Montreal, Canada and will share a series of 9 mixed media works which explore time and liminality. The founder of SCP, Shawn Dumont will be showing a series of previously unseen serigraph collage works,

From Tokyo, Hiraparr, who works in a variety of media, including painting, bricolage, and semi-materials. And Toshifumi Kiuchi who is a graphic designer and a director of LAID BUG, a close friend of SCP, will also participate in the exhibition.

The Souvenir Kiosk will sell special graphic t-shirts, fleece and sundries by SCP artists, as well as a zine by Klasse Wrecks, a close friend of SCP.

For this exhibition, STUDIO PURESU, which has worked extensively on LAID BUG's interior design and set art for photo shoots, will be in charge of pop-up booth production and art installation.

The exhibition will be a rare glimpse into Vermont's warm community scene, with expressive artwork lined up in LAID BUG's minimalist space. We hope you will take this opportunity to visit the exhibition.