at Kirkland Arts Center for the opening of RESILIENCE on Friday, October 17 from 6-8 pm. I'll be showing Self Defense
Artists in the show include
A testament to each artist's journey through challenge and change
at Kirkland Arts Center for the opening of RESILIENCE on Friday, October 17 from 6-8 pm. I'll be showing Self Defense
Artists in the show include
A testament to each artist's journey through challenge and change
 
            The Third Coast Biennial is a national juried contemporary art exhibition hosted in odd-numbered years at K Space Contemporary in Corpus Christi, Texas. The show is curated from open call submissions by a guest juror, and thus the exhibition always offers a unique slice of the art world.
This year’s juror, Leandra Urrutia, shaped the exhibition around the concept of hybridization. She describes it as “a collision and fusion of images, processes, materials, ideas, and experiences that create compelling compositions.” I couldn’t agree more. The selected artworks inhabit multiple forms simultaneously, clashing and fusing, or splintering and evolving apart.
I think that the concept of fusion and evolution is a way that artists react to metamorphic times. As our world has grown increasingly uncertain — politically, environmentally, and socially — I’ve found that artists and writers create work that is either optimistic or pessimistic about the future. Do they think humans will survive by adapting to the new normal, or will they struggle, barely hanging on to outdated ways of thinking? Most of the works in this year’s exhibition lean toward the former: they approach survival through the lens of human resiliency, whether to a shifting ecosystem or to the accelerating realities of the digital age.
-excerpt from Glasstire
by Elena Rodz September 8, 2025
 
            My piece Cradle is featured through the end of August 2025
 
            Excited to be invited to share this piece as part of my connection to the Fort Worth Independent School District. Here, sculptural clusters of veins create organic DNA chain-like arrangements, referencing familial connections and how our roots influence our growth and development.
 
            It has been a moving experience working on Light as a Feather, an exhibit about the recent loss of family members. The Peddie School (Hightstown, NJ) welcomed me with open arms to their Mariboe Gallery and Donna L Sands Exhibition Hall spaces. The piece in the video is called Wing and a Prayer, inspired by a road trip with my brother to Mexico.
My piece is on the back wall, Swoon, a reclaiming of feminine agency inspired by Bernini’s Ecstasy of St. Teresa
 
            Really an experience to create an immersive 3-person show inspired by responding to themes in the Stephen Sondheim musical INTO THE WOODS, metaphorical giants included.
 
            See my work among faculty at TCC NW in NW01 3rd Floor
Residual
Paper, Encaustic
16 x 12 x 2 inches
WALL HANGING OPENS AT VESTIBULE GALLERY
Delighted to be included among these artists
 
            Check it out! My piece, Dervish. Curated by Kascha Shavely, 5919 15th Ave NW, Seattle
 
            Thoughtful thanks and recognition for my embroidered contribution to this physical manifestation of Marie Watt + Cannula Hanska Luger’s large-scale installation, Each/Other.
My piece, “The Heartache of Memory” about processing grief, thru 2/11/23
 
            If you are in the area please stop by to see this thoughtfully organized exhibition at Confluence Gallery in Twisp, WA. It’s a gorgeous place.
 
            Chester County Art Gallery Exhibition 
“With Wax: Materiality & Mixed Media in Encaustic & Cold Wax"
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From September 8 - 28, 2022
Artworks by Alaina Enslen, Lindsey Fort, Angela Hansen, Cari Hernandez, Deborah Kapoor, Bonny Leibowitz, Skyler Mcgee, Kelly Sheppard Murray, Anna Wagner Ott and Nancy Saunders
Video created by Lorraine Glessner
  
             
            My piece Grief Diary, 12 x 12 x 1 inches on right
Read MoreSign up for my Pleated & Folded Workshop at the upcoming International Encaustic Conference June 3, 4, 5 2022
 
            On view at University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA
curated by Kelly Lyles and June Sekiguchi
Safeguard
Digital print on kozo, fabric, encaustic
11 x 8.5 inches
2020
A mother’s gaze signals protection. The moment a mother and child look into each other’s eyes, a special bond begins to develop.
One of the strongest memories I have of my mother is her eyes, as they communicated the emotion of her mood, her attention, her anger, her sadness, her love.
When my son was in preschool, there had been abductions of small children happening, and I had a great fear that mine would be snatched. I made sure he was always within range of my watchful eye.
As my mother grew older, I sensed her watching me. She still wanted to keep me safe.
 
            My piece Ancestors II will be shown.
 
            I’m grateful for the opportunity to share this series
 
            My piece on exhibit, Fly Away Home, 2020
 
            