Charlie Callahan, Kristiana Chan 莊礼恩, Tanja Geis, and Aubrey Trinnaman
Curated by Noelle Hiam and Jessica Shaefer
Hold Fast is the first in a series of forthcoming exhibitions that engage with seven core terrestrial and spiritual elements defined across cultures globally: earth, wind, fire, water, consciousness, perception, and emptiness. The title borrows from a featured body of work by Tanja Geis highlighting root-like structures that enable marine organisms to survive tempestuous ocean currents by anchoring to a solid substrate, and offers a powerful metaphor for Earth-the ultimate holdfast for all life.
The works presented in the exhibition explore the material and emotional power of water and its fundamental role as both a nurturing, generative force and as an agent of destruction, growth, and change. Working across mediums, participating artists
Charlie Callahan,
Kristiana Chan 莊礼恩,
Tanja Geis, and
Aubrey Trinnaman invite the viewer to consider ideas around oceanic biodiversity, ecological stewardship, resource extraction, and the potential for a deeper understanding of the ineluctable interdependence of human and nonhuman beings.
