All Elite Wrestling and Ring of Honor star Lee Moriarty is set to trade the wrestling ring for the art gallery this fall. The current ROH Pure Champion will present his debut solo gallery show, an exhibition titled Balance, at the Night Gallery in Los Angeles. The show is scheduled to run from September 27 to October 18, 2025.

The exhibition is being curated by Adam Abdalla, the founder of Orange Crush: The Journal of Art & Wrestling.

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A Different Side of Wrestling

According to a press release issued on August 13, 2025, Balance will feature “a debut solo exhibition of works by artist and pro wrestler Lee Moriarty.” The exhibition will showcase eight new paintings that explore a different side of the wrestling world. The press release describes the works as offering “an intimate view of masked wrestlers—captured not in combat, but in moments of reprieve and solitude.”

Moriarty‘s portraits are said to reveal a different side of luchadors, who are known for their larger-than-life personas. The paintings depict these figures in quiet, everyday moments, such as one lounging in a beach chair, another building a snowman, and a third peering through binoculars while birdwatching. These works draw directly from Moriarty’s personal experiences, including his time training in lucha libre in Mexico under the legendary Negro Navarro.

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From The Ring To The Museum

While this is his first solo exhibition, Lee Moriarty is already making significant waves in the art world. A self-taught artist, Moriarty made his public debut as a visual artist at NADA Miami 2024 in a presentation with Orange Crush. Following that successful fair, one of his works was acquired by the Pérez Art Museum Miami for its permanent collection. This landmark achievement made Moriarty the first active professional wrestler to have an artwork acquired by a major museum.

Artistically, his work often depicts wrestlers in repose, featuring intimate portraits of luchador icons like El Santo and Blue Demon. This reflects what the press release calls an “often underexplored duality within the lives of pro wrestlers, resonating with Moriarty’s own multi-hyphenate talent.”

The exhibition at Night Gallery marks the “first major presentation of Moriarty’s evolving body of work, expanding traditional ideas of masculinity and identity.” The gallery, founded in 2010 by Davida Nemeroff, notes that Moriarty‘s debut aligns with its commitment to “showcasing artists who explore identity, performance, and narrative in unique and compelling ways.”

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