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Installation | Relics of Marriage at Castleberry Hill

Twenty-three wedding dresses were suspended thirty feet off the ground and exposed to the outdoors for two months. | Atlanta, GA | 2012

Rendering | Proposed installation of Relics of Marriage at San Galgano, Italy | 2012

Installation | "One Million Thoughts of Joy"

A global art installation that began on Atlanta's iconic billboard, continues with tiny cards being left anonymously in worldwide locations – from New York, The Serengeti and Cape Town to Antarctica, London and Mumbai. | 2011 - present | www.onemillionthoughtsofjoy.com

Installation | "The Crossing"

Mixed media on muslin, with gutters, newsprint and fabric. 9'h x 16.5'w x 5'd | Solo exhibit of "X.U.ME" at the Alexandria Museum of Art | Alexandria, Louisiana | 2008

Installation | "Aerial Chaises"

National Juried Exhibition, Emory Chairs Project. Wooden chairs suspended in the colonnade of the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. | Emory University, Atlanta GA | 2003

Installation | "Talking Back"

Cinder block and inscribed acrylic panel encasing bullet shells, ground asphalt, and white buttons. | Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA | 1999

North Gallery Installation view includes previously owned wedding dresses with black chair, and a projection video by Ande Cook Studio of the Relics of Marriage outdoor installation in Castleberry Hill Atlanta, 2012 | 2018

North Gallery installation view detail | 2018

North Gallery installation view with "Thirty-Six Relics" and a previously owned wedding dress | 2018

Thirty-Six Relics / A single 44'' x 90'' print of thirty-six photographic portraits | 2018

South Gallery installation view includes “Pit” – previously owned black belts over armature, 11' diameter x 56”h, 2012 – 2018, and "Shed 10” photographically printed on gatorboard, 76"h x 42.5”w, 2016 | 2018

Detail of “Pit" | 2018

South Gallery installation view includes works from Exuvia (see Exuvia page for details) | 2018

South Gallery installation view includes “Pit”, framed photographic works and acrylic paintings on bristol board, 24”h x 19”w, each from the Belted series | 2018

Installation | Relics of Marriage at Castleberry Hill

Twenty-three wedding dresses were suspended thirty feet off the ground and exposed to the outdoors for two months. | Atlanta, GA | 2012

Rendering | Proposed installation of Relics of Marriage at San Galgano, Italy | 2012

Installation | "One Million Thoughts of Joy"

A global art installation that began on Atlanta's iconic billboard, continues with tiny cards being left anonymously in worldwide locations – from New York, The Serengeti and Cape Town to Antarctica, London and Mumbai. | 2011 - present | www.onemillionthoughtsofjoy.com

Installation | "The Crossing"

Mixed media on muslin, with gutters, newsprint and fabric. 9'h x 16.5'w x 5'd | Solo exhibit of "X.U.ME" at the Alexandria Museum of Art | Alexandria, Louisiana | 2008

Installation | "Aerial Chaises"

National Juried Exhibition, Emory Chairs Project. Wooden chairs suspended in the colonnade of the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. | Emory University, Atlanta GA | 2003

Installation | "Talking Back"

Cinder block and inscribed acrylic panel encasing bullet shells, ground asphalt, and white buttons. | Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA | 1999

North Gallery Installation view includes previously owned wedding dresses with black chair, and a projection video by Ande Cook Studio of the Relics of Marriage outdoor installation in Castleberry Hill Atlanta, 2012 | 2018

North Gallery installation view detail | 2018

North Gallery installation view with "Thirty-Six Relics" and a previously owned wedding dress | 2018

Thirty-Six Relics / A single 44'' x 90'' print of thirty-six photographic portraits | 2018

South Gallery installation view includes “Pit” – previously owned black belts over armature, 11' diameter x 56”h, 2012 – 2018, and "Shed 10” photographically printed on gatorboard, 76"h x 42.5”w, 2016 | 2018

Detail of “Pit" | 2018

South Gallery installation view includes works from Exuvia (see Exuvia page for details) | 2018

South Gallery installation view includes “Pit”, framed photographic works and acrylic paintings on bristol board, 24”h x 19”w, each from the Belted series | 2018

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