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Practicing Resilience
Curated by Seattle-based artist Kalina Winska
Featuring sixteen contemporary artists working across painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, video art, and film, the show invites viewers to explore the many ways art functions as a space for reflection, adaptation, and endurance in the face of personal and collective upheaval.
Resilience here is not positioned as a fixed state, but as an ongoing, dynamic process.
The exhibiting artists engage the theme through layered material experimentation, meditative repetition, and vulnerability in form and content. Some works confront environmental precarity and cultural fragmentation, while others speak more intimately to grief, memory, care, and inner survival. Together, these responses form a nuanced portrait of contemporary resilience—tense, tender, and persistently creative.
The exhibition utilizes narrow hallways, a shared open room, high-ceiling stairwells, and a dark basement space for time-based media. Each zone offers a different rhythm, allowing the viewer to encounter works in both immersive and contemplative ways.
Participating Artists:
Nikita Ares, Arthur Asriyants, Nahom Ghirmay, Elle Glasse, Soo Hong, Jia Jia, Oneyung Kim, Joanna Pałys, Megan Prince, Andrzej Rafałowicz, Bryan Stryeski, Dana Taft, Lila Thomas, Impish Ties, Nahaan, Noelle Whitaker
Exhibition Hours: Open during Ballard ArtWalks or by appointment
This exhibition is organized by BallardWorks and curated by Kalina Winska. To schedule a viewing or request press images, contact: info.ballardworks@gmail.com.
