Meet the Artists: Wickerham & Lomax and ArtWorks in Progress
Construction fences usually mean dust, noise, detours, and months of visual blight. Residents walk past them every day, eyes forward, waiting for the project to finish so their neighborhood can feel whole again.
In Remington, Baltimore, Nosreme Baltimore is rewriting that story. Through its ArtWorks in Progress (AWIP) program, Nosreme transforms construction barriers into outdoor galleries, replacing plywood monotony with vibrant, site-specific public art.
How ArtWorks in Progress Works
Nosreme approaches developers early in the construction phase and proposes a partnership: let us commission local artists to create original work on your construction fences. The developer covers the cost. The artist gets a paid commission and a highly visible platform. And the neighborhood gets to watch something beautiful take shape alongside the building itself.
The Remington Installation
AWIP's first installation arrives in Remington this summer. Seawall Development is breaking ground on a six-story, 60-unit mixed-use building at 211 W. 28th Street, one of the most visible corners in the neighborhood. For the duration of construction, Nosreme will turn those fences into its next canvas, featuring original artwork by Wickerham & Lomax.
Starting June 1, 2026, residents walking to R. House, stopping at B.Willow, or cutting through on their morning commute will pass a site-specific outdoor gallery instead of blank plywood. The work will stay up for the life of the construction phase, giving the neighborhood months of free public art during a period when development can feel most disruptive.
Meet Wickerham & Lomax
Daniel Wickerham and Malcolm Lomax have been making art together since 2009. They met at MICA, graduated as painting majors, and quickly moved into digital media, sculpture, and large-scale installation. They never left Baltimore.
That decision to stay has defined their career. Under the name Wickerham & Lomax, the duo has built a body of work that moves between gallery walls and city streets, between the digital and the physical. They won Baltimore's most prestigious visual arts honor, the $25,000 Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize, in 2015. They took Best in Show at the Trawick Prize in 2020. Artforum tapped them for its Project series. The Baltimore Museum of Art added their work to its permanent collection. And they've exhibited internationally, with shows in New York, London, Miami, and Brescia, Italy.
Their latest and most ambitious project sits at the Ynot Lot in Station North. Commissioned through Bloomberg Philanthropies' Inviting Light initiative, "Soft Gym" transformed a vacant lot into an immersive public installation blending sculpture, architecture, and community gathering space. They could have pursued a commission like this anywhere. They did it in Baltimore.
Beyond the Fence
The installation at 211 W. 28th Street is a first, but Nosreme designed AWIP to be repeated. Every new development in Baltimore represents another fence, another site, another opportunity to pay an artist and give a neighborhood something worth looking at.
Remington is the proof of concept. The model is ready for Pigtown, for Station North, for any developer willing to see construction as a creative opportunity instead of a necessary eyesore.
Nosreme is actively seeking developer partners, sponsors, and funders who want to bring AWIP to their next project. Reach the team at info@nosremebaltimore.org or (856) 431-2669, and follow the Remington installation as it goes live on June 1.
