Artists Space

Nandi Loaf
Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis
ricardo nagaoka
Sydney Schrader

September 11 – November 22, 2025

Artists Space is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Nandi Loaf, Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis, ricardo nagaoka, and Sydney Schrader.

On a white gallery wall, a vinyl cut out of a black cross or "plus-sign" sits perfectly in the center.
Nandi Loaf, +, 2025 [On a white gallery wall, a vinyl cut out of a black cross or "plus-sign" sits perfectly in the center.]

October 9, 2025

Frog Man & Baby Frog with Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis
Performance
7pm

October 17, 2025

Frog Man & Baby Frog with Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis
Performance
7pm

November 14, 2025

A Special Concert
Concert
7pm

November 21, 2025

Frog Man & Baby Frog with Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis
Performance
7pm

A black Christmas tree stands in the room, adorned with white twinkling lights. A black toy train circulates around the shiny black base of the tree.
Nandi Loaf, WÜNDERBAR, 2025. Artifical tree (monument), custom 4-4-0 model locomotive + semi-autonomous rail system, re-routed grid hardware, ornaments, site-specific electrical circulation. Photo: Carter Seddon [A black Christmas tree stands in the room, adorned with white twinkling lights. A black toy train circulates around the shiny black base of the tree.]
A red light beams from a black toy train as it moves along the train track. Smoke emits from the chimney of the toy train.
Nandi Loaf, WÜNDERBAR, 2025. Artifical tree (monument), custom 4-4-0 model locomotive + semi-autonomous rail system, re-routed grid hardware, ornaments, site-specific electrical circulation. Photo: Carter Seddon [A red light beams from a black toy train as it moves along the train track. Smoke emits from the chimney of the toy train.]
Three steel structures sit in the space, lit from a singular overhead white LED strip light. On the left sits a trough, fed liquid through the belly button of a torso-like sculpture. In the middle sits a human-sized metal box. A clear tube connects the box to the structure standing on the right, which includes metal rails that hold and pitch the tube upright.
Nandi Loaf, Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis, ricardo nagaoka, Sydney Schrader. Installation view, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon [Three steel structures sit in the space, lit from a singular overhead white LED strip light. On the left sits a trough, fed liquid through the belly button of a torso-like sculpture. In the middle sits a human-sized metal box. A clear tube connects the box to the structure standing on the right, which includes metal rails that hold and pitch the tube upright.]
A trough sits between two iron columns, liquid spouts out from the belly button of a torso-like sculpture hanging above the trough.
ricardo nagaoka, Fountain II, 2025. Steel, hydrocal, urine. Photo: Carter Seddon [A trough sits between two iron columns, liquid spouts out from the belly button of a torso-like sculpture hanging above the trough.]
A human-sized steel box stands in the room, lit by white light from above. The box rests on metal supports, and a plastic tube protrudes from one side.
ricardo nagaoka, Untitled, 2025. Steel, electrolytes, urine, human body. Photo: Carter Seddon [A human-sized steel box stands in the room, lit by white light from above. The box rests on metal supports, and a plastic tube protrudes from one side.]
A twinkling black Christmas tree stands in the foreground as the gallery walls recede. A few paintings hang on the more distant walls.
Nandi Loaf, Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis, ricardo nagaoka, Sydney Schrader. Installation view, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon [A twinkling black Christmas tree stands in the foreground as the gallery walls recede. A few paintings hang on the more distant walls.]
Two toys, sitting on a white rug and propped up by white sneakers, face a TV screen. The TV screen between them displays a scene from the cartoon *Hercules*
Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis, The Baby & The Mouse, 2025. Hercules plushie, Fievel Mousekewitz plushie, Nike Air Force shoes, TV, speakers, recordings from DVD of the animated musical Hercules (1997), recordings from the DVD of the animated musical An American Tail (1986), voice acting. Photo: Carter Seddon [Two toys, sitting on a white rug and propped up by white sneakers, face a TV screen. The TV screen between them displays a scene from the cartoon *Hercules*]
In the foreground a plushie of a cartoon mouse leans on a beaten up Nike Air Force One shoe, and sits on a white carpet. In the background, two panels of white wood, some director
Nandi Loaf, Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis, ricardo nagaoka, Sydney Schrader. Installation view, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon [In the foreground a plushie of a cartoon mouse leans on a beaten up Nike Air Force One shoe, and sits on a white carpet. In the background, two panels of white wood, some director's chairs, and a stage light are arranged like a movie set. At the center of the set are two green frog plushies.]
Two panels of wood are joined to create a miniature stage set. In the center, sitting in a miniature director
Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis, Frog Man & Baby Frog, 2025. Michigan J. Frog plushies, miniature directors chairs, ARRI 150 Junior light, Manfrotto Nano light stand, speakers, audio excerpts from movies. Photo: Carter Seddon. [Two panels of wood are joined to create a miniature stage set. In the center, sitting in a miniature director's chair are two cartoon frog plushies wearing black top hats. The larger frog plushy cradles the smaller frog in it's arms. Two more director's chairs are positioned facing the plushies, along with a miniature stage light and stand that shines a spotlight on the plushies.]
Along two white walls a series of paintings are arranged. Many of the paintings loosely depict human figures or abstracted body parts in brown and red toned paint against white backgrounds.
Nandi Loaf, Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis, ricardo nagaoka, Sydney Schrader. Installation view, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon [Along two white walls a series of paintings are arranged. Many of the paintings loosely depict human figures or abstracted body parts in brown and red toned paint against white backgrounds.]
A series of paintings are hung along four gallery walls. Many of the paintings loosely depict human figures or abstracted body parts in brown and red toned paint against white backgrounds.
Nandi Loaf, Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis, ricardo nagaoka, Sydney Schrader. Installation view, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon [A series of paintings are hung along four gallery walls. Many of the paintings loosely depict human figures or abstracted body parts in brown and red toned paint against white backgrounds.]
A series of paintings made with brown and red paint against a white background are hung on a wall.
Nandi Loaf, Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis, ricardo nagaoka, Sydney Schrader. Installation view, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon [A series of paintings made with brown and red paint against a white background are hung on a wall.]
A free-standing wall with paintings on it is placed in the middle of a gallery. Iron columnds run down the center of the gallery, and in the background past the wall is a christmas tree decorated with lights.
Nandi Loaf, Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis, ricardo nagaoka, Sydney Schrader. Installation view, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon [A free-standing wall with paintings on it is placed in the middle of a gallery. Iron columnds run down the center of the gallery, and in the background past the wall is a christmas tree decorated with lights.]
A brass outlet plug against a wooden floor has a cable plugged into one socket, and the other socket is covered by a flat brass circle with the text "8...Blitze(nn)" engraved on it.
Nandi Loaf, 的1-9, 2025. Reclaimed electrical infrastructure, branded site-specific hardware, standardized socket covers, branded overlays. Photo: Carter Seddon. [A brass outlet plug against a wooden floor has a cable plugged into one socket, and the other socket is covered by a flat brass circle with the text "8...Blitze(nn)" engraved on it.]
Into an outlet socket on a wall is plugged a large black adapter with two USBs plugged into it. Screens on the USBs flash text that reads "TEMP 12 / Lucky miner 00:13." In the outlet above the USBs is a black plastic cover.
Nandi Loaf, ???., 2025. Hardware. Photo: Carter Seddon. [Into an outlet socket on a wall is plugged a large black adapter with two USBs plugged into it. Screens on the USBs flash text that reads "TEMP 12 / Lucky miner 00:13." In the outlet above the USBs is a black plastic cover.]
A marionette wearing a black suit, collared shirt, and white Nike Air Force 1s is positioned laying prone on a windowsill. Red curtains cover half of the window behind the marionette. In the corner, a small stage lights is directed at the marionette. Outside of the window is an alleyway with graffiti.
Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis, Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis, 2025. Marionette. Photo: Carter Seddon. [A marionette wearing a black suit, collared shirt, and white Nike Air Force 1s is positioned laying prone on a windowsill. Red curtains cover half of the window behind the marionette. In the corner, a small stage lights is directed at the marionette. Outside of the window is an alleyway with graffiti.]

Nandi Loaf (b. 1991, Brooklyn, NY) lives and works in New York, NY. Selected solo and two person presentations include Liste Art Fair Basel with King’s Leap (Basel, CH), Timeshare (Los Angeles, CA), King’s Leap (New York, NY), Profil (Paris, FR), Room 3557 (Los Angeles, CA), Sebastian Gladstone (Los Angeles, CA), NADA House 2021 with King’s Leap (Miami, FL), Springsteen Gallery (Baltimore, MD). Selected group exhibitions include MoMA PS1 (forthcoming, New York, NY), Theta (New York, NY), The Kitchen & Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (Detroit, MI), Good Weather and M.LeBlanc (Chicago, IL), Stilllife (New York, NY), The Wig (Berlin, DE), Shore Gallery (Vienna, AT), Weatherproof (Chicago, IL), We Buy Gold with Jack Shainman Gallery and Nicola Vassell Gallery curated by Joeonna Bellorado Samuels (New York, NY), M+B (Los Angeles, CA), Gallery Albany (Albany, NY), Alyssa Davis Gallery Gala (New York, NY), Fall River Museum of Contemporary Art (Fall River, MA), Kaje (Brooklyn, NY), and The Gallery at WISH ATL (Atlanta, GA).

Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis is the editor of Holdings, a former member of Incest School, and organizes exhibitions in his apartment. He is currently in residence at Amant, Brooklyn. NY.

ricardo nagaoka is an artist based in Los Angeles. They studied photography at the Rhode Island School of Design and hold an MFA from UCLA. In 2022, nagaoka presented a solo exhibition titled At last, I see you at Melanie Flood Projects in Portland, Oregon. nagaoka’s work has also been shown in group exhibitions including At Home: In the American West at Aperture Gallery (2019, New York); Keeping Love Close: What Does Love Look Like? at Times Square Arts (2021, New York); and Foam Talent at Foam Museum (2024, Amsterdam) and Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation (2025, Frankfurt).

Sydney Schrader is an artist based in New York City. She has had solo exhibitions at Gandt, New York (2020, 2022) and Lars Friedrich, Berlin (2023, 2025). She was included in group exhibitions at CCS Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson (2009); Cleopatra’s, New York (2011); and Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn (2025).

Lead support is provided by the Arison Art Foundation.

Support for Artists Space exhibitions and programs is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council, The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, The Keith Haring Foundation, I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation, Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, The Cowles Charitable Trust, Lotos Foundation, Milton and Sally Avery Foundation, and the Friends of Artists Space.

    In this close-up shot, a white pleated structure resembles a tent structure. Underneath the pleat there appears a backlit illumination. In the left side of the frame a ventilation tube extends from the front towards the back of the white structure.
    ricardo nagoka, Shroud (detail) Steel, human body, 2025 [In this close-up shot, a white pleated structure resembles a tent structure. Underneath the pleat there appears a backlit illumination. In the left side of the frame a ventilation tube extends from the front towards the back of the white structure.]