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Lost Origins Gallery
Lost Origins is a privately-owned arts and culture space located on historic Mount Pleasant Street in Washington D.C. Founded by Jason Hamacher, DC musician, photographer and documentarian,  Lost Origins grew out of Hamacher’s extensive experience in the arts, culture, and diplomatic communities through his company, Lost Origin Productions.

History and Conceptualisation
Lost Origins strives to be inviting, engaging and intimate. They host exhibitions, events, and screenings by local, national and international artists, comedians, filmmakers, musicians and authors. Lost Origins believes that each exhibit and event is a collaborative effort, and are strengthened by the support of their staff, neighbours, and friends.

Lost Origins works with and for the artists to conceive and execute their vision. Their work starts from the moment an artist wishes to do a show, and continues all the way up to the closing of their show. Lost Origins takes care of curation, production, set up, event planning, and also selling any merchandise.

Past Exhibitions

 * Still Screaming Mark Beemer, Dave Brown,Michael Dubin, Brian Maryansky, Glenn Maryansky & Nathaniel Shannon
 * Interstitial Chris Mills
 * Facing the Music Jeffrey Everett
 * Cisco Kid vs. Donald Trump Kosmo Vinyl
 * Pop-Up Washington Wax Works
 * Ceramics Benedict Tisa
 * I’m Walkin’ Here Erick Jackson
 * Gratuity Included Chris Suspect
 * Power
 * Future Ghosts LA Johnson
 * Boy vs. Dragon Mathew Curry
 * 1,001 Syrian Nights Jason Hamacher
 * Materialising Patterns Paula Martinez and John Scharbach
 * Unravel Rania Hassan
 * …And So Here We Are Chris Mills
 * World’s Largest Harmonica Case Collection Hoff
 * Action. Reaction. Action: Visualising Fugazi Carnie Kilrs, John Davis, Jason Hamacher
 * Moments Noticed Benedict Tisa
 * Frame of Mind Antonia Tricarico
 * Milk Relics Tom Kim
 * Refractions Robin Bell
 * Mixtape Matt Curry
 * Graphic Novel: A (North) Korean Story Song Byeok
 * 14th to Lost Origins Charif Mamadou & Gus
 * Destiny Manifests Gregory Logan Dunn
 * Before You Were Here Michael Lavine
 * Floating World Chris Chen
 * 15th Annual Photo Show Exposed DC
 * All Blues Kate McDonell
 * California Dreaming’ Jason Hamacher
 * In The Pines Kate Samworth
 * In My Eyes Jim Saah
 * 14th Annual Photo Show Women Photojournalists of Washington
 * STOCKPILE(S) Lauren Rapp
 * Floodpulse Hannah Atallah
 * HardArt Lucian Perkins
 * 16th Annual Photography Exhibition Exposed DC
 * Behind The Loom Fleurette Estes
 * Through the ‘Eyes of History’ 100th Anniversary White House News Photography Association
 * Perfume Our Burial Terance Hannum
 * Let It Bleed Jeff Everette
 * In The Beginning Rikki Ercoli
 * Emerging Artist Showcase Alex Harris & Lila Ronen
 * Curating Sound Don Zientara
 * 17th Annual Photography Exhibition Exposed DC
 * Ritual Rudolf Kharatain
 * 17th Annual Photography Exhibition Women Photojournalist of Washington
 * Invasive Frank Day
 * Resilience Rafat
 * Escape TJ Kirkpatrick

Frequent Collaborators and Partners

 * Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
 * White House News Photographers Association
 * The Punk Rock Museum
 * DC Public Library
 * Exposed DC
 * Focus on the Story International Photo Festival
 * Women Photojournalists of Washington
 * District Bridges
 * The Friendship Alliance

Lost Origins Outside
Lost Origins Outdoors is an outdoor exhibition space that came about as result of people being unable to gather in closed places during the pandemic. Located in an alleyway just a couple of blocks down from the indoor gallery, between the Restaurant Elle and Samber Market, the outdoor space makes art more accessible to people by taking it outside the four walls of a gallery and placing it in a space with everyday foot traffic. Some people specifically seek out the art, and some stumble upon it on their way elsewhere, regardless of the viewers intent, the art in Lost Origins outdoors gets as much attention, if not more, as the art in a formal gallery space. The red-brick alley walls provide a light, casual, yet intimate viewing experience.

The art is usually weatherproofed by printing it on metal sheets in UV ink and is mounted using methods that do not damage the heritage buildings.