January - March 2022

Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL

In Confluence, the artists seek transformation through their work, engaging with water as a space of intimacy and transcendence. Through labor- intensive, meditative processes, including dyeing, staining, stitching, rinsing, and weaving, the artists bring their metaphysical explorations into reality for the viewer to experience, creating space for new understandings to emerge and finding wholeness from many parts. Many of these processes involve water as a means to transform or create the object. 

Confluence is grounded in the artists’ exploration of their vulnerabilities and offers a contribution to the conversation on process and materiality. 

Work by Abena Motaboli, Lucia Calderon, Olive Stefanski, and Ryn Osbourne