A maker of mysterious, two-dimensional artworks that feature invented languages, cryptic diagrams, alien iconography, and otherworldly symbols, Karla Knight is an American artist who merges early 20th-century abstraction and Surrealism with elements of science fiction, historical mapping systems, and the occult. Her writing, which generates entire alphabets, ciphers, and hieroglyphic-like scripts, looks highly structured and legible, yet it is entirely incomprehensible. Presenting a lively array of paintings, works on paper and wood, and mixed-media embroideries on cotton, her “Orbit” exhibition highlights playful inventions loosely inspired by reality yet entirely about the unknown. Beyond her uncanny spaceships and symbols, the exhibition features a fascinating laboratory-like room that offers insight into her mind through objects such as rocks, books, drawings, and studies for her paintings. - Paul Laster
Through June 20