The Armory Show 2026: Laura Rokas

For The Armory Show 2026, Rebecca Camacho Presents is thrilled to exhibit a series of new oil on linen paintings by Canadian-born, San Francisco based artist Laura Rokas, in BOOTH P4.

Rokas’ lush works depict the multi-faceted female experience through three primary realms: sport, sexual subculture, and domestic performance; each rooted in her examination of power dynamics, femininity, pain thresholds and the pursuit of perfection.

Painted in the language of photorealism, Rokas investigates athletics via the world of cycling, both professional and recreational. In dialogue, BDSM dommes re-center a male dominated world. Lastly, meals pulled from 1970’s Betty Crocker and Weight Watchers recipe cards represent women, past and present, working outside the home yet also remaining responsible for household management and social entertainment.

Colliding seemingly disparate fields of interest, Rokas reveals how the female body becomes both the site and the witness of power, desire, and struggle. A fastidious dedication to craft and technique reverberates throughout Rokas’ practice. Each of her intimately scaled paintings expertly utilizes accessible kitsch to examine the intricate questions of self, ambition and status, sacrifice and self-sacrifice, and perfectionism.

Laura Rokas (b. 1989, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada) lives and works in San Francisco, CA. She received her BFA at Concordia University, Montreal in 2013 and her MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco in 2016. She has had solo and two-person exhibitions at Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco, CA (2025); 1599fdT, San Francisco, CA (2024, 2023); Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2018, 2016); amongst others. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Warren Flowers Gallery, Montreal, Canada (2024); Speedy Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (2024); Bass & Reiner, San Francisco, CA (2023, 2019); Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY (2023); Et Al Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2023); San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (2021); NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA (2018); The Kadist, San Francisco, CA (2018); Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA (2018); amongst others.