GARDEN is an exhibition of more than 100 female and non-binary artists and artist teams whose work was made while in quarantine. Understanding that gardens are metaphorical utopias and sites of resilience, but principally serve as bodily nourishment, GARDEN underscores mutual aid in a moment of institutional atrophy, financial insecurity, and cultural drought. As part of the exhibition’s commitment to the Los Angeles community, LADIES’ ROOM will donate 15% of all sales to benefit LA Food Policy Council, Ron Finley Project, and Summaeverythang Community Center.
The exhibition also considers art production amidst global turmoil by highlighting the linkages between gender, ecological processes, economics, labor, and power obscured by colonial histories. Beyond the narrow assumption that certain gender identities hold an innate closeness with “nature” due to some biological predisposition, this exhibition challenges us to see gender not an isolating construct, but as an expansive and illuminating guide in the realm of environmental mediations.
Participating artists include: Aili Schmeltz • Alex Heilbron • Ali Prosch • Alison Blickle • Allison Peck • Alison Ragguette • Anja Salonen • Anna Elise Johnson • Annabel Osberg • Annie Hodgin • Ari Salka • Ariel Dill • Ashley Garrett • Beth Fiedorek • Betsy Lin Seder • Bettina Hubby • Brittany Mojo • Carey Coleman • Carolyn Castaño • Carrie Cook • Cathy Akers • Cheyann Washington • Christine Frerichs • Christine Nguyen • Dafna Maimon • Dana Greiner • Delia Brown • Devon Oder • Ekta Aggarwal • Elisa Johns • Esther Ruiz • Farrah Karapetian • Felice Grodin & Linda Chamorro • Geneva Jacuzzi • Hadley Holliday • Heather Rosenman • Isis Aquarian (The Source Family Archives) • Janet Levy • Jaqueline Cedar • Jenna Ransom • Jessica Simmons • JOJO ABOT • Julie Bowland • Julie Lequin • Julika Lackner • Karen Constine • Karen Kuo • Karley Sullivan • Kate Harding • Kelsey Shwetz • Kristin Leachman • Krysten Cunningham • Laurie Nye • Lesley Wamsley • Lily Wilkins • Linnéa Spransy • Lisa Ohlweiler • Lisa Oxley • Livy Porter • Lydia Maria Pfeffer • Mabel Moore • Madam X • Madeleine Hines • Malisa Humphrey • Margarete Hahner • Margie Schnibbe • Mary Anna Pomonis • Maya Mackrandilal • Meghann McCrory • Meike Legler • Molly Duggan • Molly Larkey • Monica Nouwens • Nancy Evans • Nasim Hantehzadeh • Nora Shields • People’s Pottery Project • Rachel Kessler • Rachel Roske • Rachelle Rojany • Rema Ghuloum • Renée Fox • Richelle Gribble • Roberta Gentry • Roni Shneior • Rose Wharton • Samantha Fields • Sarah Alice Moran • Shahla Friberg • Siri Kaur • Sohani Holland • Soo Kim • Sophia Allison • Sophie Lee • Stephanie Rose Guerrero • Still Life Ceramics • Summer Cooper • Sunja Park • Tanya Brodsky • Titia Estes • Tova Mozard • Trina Turturici • Xinrui Chen • Zoe Koke
GARDEN is on view through April 30 @ Ladies' Room Bendix Building, 1206 Maple Avenue #502B, Los Angeles
