Inner Space
featuring work by Andrea Tosten, David Kinsey, and Tammy Melody Gomez
September 6th thru November 15th, 2025
Inner Space explores the landscapes of the internal — our thoughts, traditions, emotions, memories, and identities — through poetry, storytelling, and bold visual narratives. The exhibition brings together the visionary works of artists Andrea Tosten, David Kinsey, and Tammy Melody Gomez.
Rooted in Kinfolk House’s mission to honor heritage while creating collaborative spaces for contemporary expression, Inner Space transforms the historic home into an intimate gallery of inner worlds. Visitors are invited to enter the artists’ explorations while considering their own internal landscapes. Together, Tosten, Kinsey, and Gomez bring forth an exhibition that celebrates introspection while sparking conversations about the connections between personal and collective journeys.
Featured Artists:
Andrea Tosten
Andrea Tosten is a calligrapher and artist whose delicate lettering and intricate compositions engage themes of faith, family, identity, and language. Her work transforms text into meditative visuals, encouraging viewers to slow down and embrace contemplation. Andrea Tosten is a Dallas-based visual artist and cultural worker. She has a BS in BioMedical Science from Texas A&M University and a Master of Liberal Arts in Museum Studies from the University of Oklahoma.
Tosten has exhibited in Texas, including the group show Going Through a Phrase in 2020 at the Galveston Arts Center, Modern Billings in 2022, and solo exhibitions at Cluley Projects in 2021 and the South Dallas Cultural Center in 2023. She is currently the Cultural Programs Coordinator at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center.
David Kinsey
David Kinsey is a visual artist known for blending abstraction and realism to explore social memory, identity, and cultural landscapes. His work navigates the spaces between the seen and unseen, layering history and imagination into bold visual narratives. He received his BFA from Ringling College of Art and Design in 1997 and his MFA from Yale University in 1999.
Kinsey taught at his alma mater, Ringling College of Art and Design, and State College of Florida from 1999 to 2010. Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the Visual and Performing Arts Department at Stonehill College, where he works and resides in Foxborough, MA. His various awards and honors include: the George and Segal Foundation Grant for Painters, a Hermitage Artist Residency Fellowship, a Yale Norfolk Teaching Fellowship, etc. Kinsey’s paintings have been exhibited nationally in New York, Connecticut, Florida, Washington, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.
Tammy Melody Gomez
Tammy Melody Gomez is a dynamic and boundary‑breaking interdisciplinary artist whose work spans performance, writing, installation, and community engagement. Originally from Texas, she earned a BA in Psychology and Pre‑Legal Studies from Goucher College, where she was later honored with the Alumnae/i Award for Excellence in Public Service in 2010.
As a published writer, Gomez’s essays, poetry, and micro‑fiction have been featured in notable anthologies, including Entre Guadalupe y Malinche: Tejanas in Literature and Art (University of Texas Press), Bikequity: Money, Class, and Bicycling (Microcosm Publishing), and Together in a Sudden Strangeness: America’s Poets Respond to the Pandemic (Knopf). She is also profiled in Las Tejanas: 300 Years of History (2003) and is featured in "Voices from Texas," a PBS documentary film about Tejano/a poets. She has received grants from Humanities Texas, NALAC (National Association of Latino Arts and Culture), the Ford Foundation, Moonifest, Puffin Foundation, the Writers’ League of Texas, and the City of Austin.