Essentials Creative—Austin, TX
Medium: Installation art, digital prints on linen, photography, collage, graphic design, and illustration
Location: Chicago Botanic Garden - Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden and the Farm on Ogden
Artist statement: Rhizomatic is a collaborative art installation between Essentials Creative collective and the scientists and staff at the Chicago Botanic Garden. The project is inspired by the rhizome as a philosophical concept developed by theorists Deleuze and Guattari. The installation weaves together cultural and scientific stories about diversity and collaboration. Featured plants in the artwork include ginkgo biloba, pawpaw, horsetail, white sage, eastern prairie fringed orchid, kernza, and amaranth. We aim to contribute to multicultural perspectives on plants, share the Garden’s scientific research, and explore rhizomes as a metaphor for interconnectedness.
Fusebox
Essentials Creative
Digital Print on Linen
2022
Purgatory
Essentials Creative
Digital Print on Linen, Wood Arch Frame
2022
Purgatory
Essentials Creative
Digital Print on Linen, Wood Arch Frame
2022
Mictlan
Essentials Creative
2022
Digital Print on Linen, Wood Arch Frame
Bardo
Essentials Creative
Wallpaper
2022
Interwoven throughout Eternity
Essentials Creative
Projections
2022
San Antonio Street Art Initiative
Essentials Creative
Photography, Collage, Wheatpaste
2019
Govalle Community Garden
Essentials Creative
Photography, Collage, Wheatpaste
2019
Canopy
Essentials Creative
Photography, Collage, Wheatpaste, Light
2018
Canopy (Melanie)
Essentials Creative
Photography, Collage, Wheatpaste
2018
Biochromatic
Essentials Creative
Installation Art, Photography, Collage
2017
Biochromatic
Essentials Creative
Installation Art, Photography, Collage
2017