Is There a Place? is a site-specific mixed media solo exhibition, which explores displacement, cultural dissonance and migration through sculptural assemblage, fiber, painting, neon and performance. The project employs the notion of locality and the search for familiarity and play as transformative gestures at the time of global trauma. By excavating and reconstructing materiality as a space of fragmented generational memory, Is There a Place? investigates ever looming alienation and undeniable impermanence as a possible space of desire, healing, and humanity.
Fort Chaffee Pop Up Space, University of Arkansas, Fort Smith, AR, 2024
UAFS Artist Concludes Residency with 'Is There a Place', UAFS News, 2024
Is There a Place?, 2024, wood, neon, faux fur, acrylic, fabric, burlap, wall paint, fabric, apron, bedding, found objects, vintage latex masks, lace, toys, parachute canopy, leather, canvas. Exhibited at Fort Chaffee Space, Fort Smith, AR. Developed during the residency at University of Arkansas, Fort Smith. Supported by the Windgate Foundation. Photos: Heli Mistry, Alex Dotulong.
Bad Woman in Arkansas (Is There a Place?), 2024, 13 mins, performance activation. Fort Chaffee Space, Fort Smith, AR. Developed during the residency at University of Arkansas, Fort Smith. Supported by the Windgate Foundation. Camera: Grant Thomas.