Brock DeBoer · So Far

Opening Reception
March 29, 2025 | 6–10PM
With a live performance by Sunbreather
On view through June 1, 2025

Artist Statement

Visually representing DeBoer's surroundings and the items he encounters in his daily life, this collection of objects invites its audience to draw on their own memories, relationships, and stories to find personal significance and cultural recognition. Pushing his technical skills to their limits, DeBoer renders familiar objects in porcelain, using exacting detail and realistic finishes to draw the viewer closer until their true substance is revealed through subtle hints. In this new body of work, DeBoer also applies his craftsmanship to media such as wood, marrying its rigid natural beauty with the sumptuous qualities of porcelain through sculptures approached as still life compositions. By pairing and stacking these painstakingly created objects, DeBoer begins to tell his own story of a place and time that can only reach so far, like a fuzzy memory or a distant mirage.

About Compound YV

Founded in April 2018, Compound YV is an artist-run gallery in Yucca Valley, California, near Joshua Tree. Open to the public from fall to spring, it hosts four exhibitions per season alongside more experimental summer projects and outdoor programs. The gallery features artists working across various media and career stages. Through free and affordable programming—such as talks, workshops, performances, zine swaps, and the Art Personals podcast—Compound fosters conversations on culturally relevant, sociopolitical, and personal topics.

Gallery Hours: Friday–Sunday 12–5p and by appointment
Location: 55379 29 Palms Highway, Yucca Valley, CA 92284