| Morton Fine Art is pleased to announce Healing Waters, a solo exhibition of mixed media collage works by Kesha Bruce at Joan Hisaoka Healing Art Gallery’s second space at Inova Schar Cancer Institute. An intuitive combination of painting, collage and textile art, Bruce’s work represents the culmination of a holistic creative practice developed by the artist over several decades. Healing Waters, will be on view for three months beginning April 12th, 2024 at Joan Hisaoka Healing Art Gallery in Inova Schar Cancer Institute. (8081 Innovation Park Drive, Fairfax, Virginia). |
| Healing WatersMixed Media Collage Paintings by KESHA BRUCEBeginning April 12th, 2024 – July 12th, 2024Exhibition Link |
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| Gifts for Mami Wata, 2022, 40″x30″, mixed media textile collage on canvas |
| About Healing Waters |
From ancient creation myths to modern interpretations, water emerges as the primordial source of life that sustains existence. Healing Waters is an exploration of the profound significance of water throughout human history as well as its contemporary ecological relevance. Across diverse religious and cultural traditions, water has always held sacred importance. The paintings included in Healing Waters delve into the universal belief in the sanctity of water, weaving together narratives from various cultures and faiths to illuminate the timeless significance of water as a source of life, renewal, and healing. Alongside the celebration of the sacred essence of water, Healing Waters confronts the urgent ecological challenges posed by climate change, prompting viewers to reflect on humanity’s interconnectedness with the environment and the urgent need to safeguard our planet’s most precious resource. Teach Me to Dance, 2022, 36″x36″, mixed media textile collage on canvas  Let the Current Take You, 2022, 36″x36″, mixed media textile collage on canvas  Installation view of KESHA BRUCE’s Healing Waters at Inova Schar Cancer Institute |
| About KESHA BRUCE |
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| Kesha Bruce is an artist, curator, and storyteller whose work explores the complex connections between history and magical-spiritual belief in the African diaspora. Born and raised in Iowa, she completed a BFA in painting at the University of Iowa before earning an MFA in painting from Hunter College. Her artwork is included in the collections of The Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture, The Amistad Center for Art and Culture, The University of Iowa Women’s Center, The En Foco Photography Collection, and The Museum of Modern Art-Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection. In addition to her studio practice Kesha has been the Director of Artist Programs at the Arizona Commission on the Arts since 2019. She also serves as the Board Chair of Tessera Art Collective, a non-profit organization that supports and elevates the work and practices of BIPOC women artists working in abstraction. Kesha is also co-founder of Black Girl Basel – the only event during Miami Art Week intentionally created for Black women artists, creatives, entrepreneurs, activists, and cultural change-makers. She has been represented by Morton Fine Art in Washington, DC since 2010. |
| About Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery |
| The Inova Schar Cancer Institute is home to the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery’s second gallery space, and shares the mission to feature contemporary artists that address a diversity of significant themes, including spirituality, social change, multiculturalism, health, environmentalism, and community. Inova Schar is also home to the Arts & Healing Program, a collaboration with the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, that uses art in its many forms to help support people in treatment and recovery and their loved ones. The treatment center also features a diverse collection of over 200 artworks throughout the facility and treatment center. https://www.joanhisaokagallery.org/gallery-at-inova |
| About Morton Fine Art |
| Founded in 2010 in Washington, DC by curator Amy Morton, Morton Fine Art (MFA) is a fine artgallery and curatorial group that collaborates with art collectors and visual artists to inspire freshways of acquiring contemporary art. Firmly committed to the belief that art collecting can becultivated through an educational stance, MFA’s mission is to provide accessibility to museum-quality contemporary art through a combination of substantive exhibitions and a welcomingplatform for dialogue and exchange of original voice. Morton Fine Art specializes in a stellarroster of nationally and internationally renowned artists as well as has an additional focus onartwork of the African and Global Diaspora. Morton Fine Art founded the trademark *a pop-up project in 2010. *a pop-up project is MFA’smobile gallery component which hosts temporary curated exhibitions nationally. Gallery hours: Tuesday – Saturday by appointment only. Morton Fine Art 52 O St NW #302 Washington, DC 20001 (202) 628-2787 info@mortonfineart.com www.mortonfineart.com |
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