Inman Gallery is pleased to present, I have decided not to be hungry, a solo exhibition of new work by Angela Fraleigh, on view September 12–October 31, 2026.

I have decided not to be hungry presents a suite of new paintings Angela Fraleigh completed during her 2026 residency at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. These works enter the charged terrain of the feral feminine, unleashing a cast of unruly figures animated by desire, instinct, and an irrepressible appetite. Maenads, witches, and animals emerge and recede through lush layers of paint, carrying an energy that shifts between ecstatic, intimate, violent, and tender. Fire runs through the work not only as an element, but as a condition: flame, fever, intensity, slow burn, illumination, and the heat through which one thing becomes another. Guided by a logic closer to ritual than narrative, Fraleigh approaches painting as a form of alchemy, allowing images to collide, dissolve, and transmute.

Drawing partly from the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Menil Collection, fragments of art history become material to be summoned, disrupted, and recast within Fraleigh’s practice. The resulting works operate like spells themselves: lush and volatile, I have decided not to be hungry asks what becomes possible when the familiar slips its boundaries and something wild emerges.

This exhibition is on view concurrently with Witness, featuring work by Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Ryan Driscoll, Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez, Angelica Raquel, and Didier William.