Dharma Strasser MacColl | Map of Variations

Maybaum Gallery presents Map of Variations, a solo exhibition by Dharma Strasser MacColl, featuring mixed media works on paper and ceramic sculpture.

Dharma's work centers on drawing and painting in three dimensions. As with much of her work, she combines a range of techniques— ceramics, paper, thread, and paint— to explore how materials can take on new identities. Paper is cut, pieced, and sewn like fabric, transforming the picture plane into a constructed surface. Porcelain becomes pigment, dyed and layered like paint, while thread extends her drawings into space and clay accumulates in small gestures, echoing brushstrokes. In this way, each medium borrows the language of another, creating a hybrid visual field between painting, textile, and sculpture. Dharma states, "In Map of Variations , I use satellite imagery of tidal patterns to map shifting boundaries revealed by rising sea levels. Walking the Northern California coastline year-round, I experience the push and pull of tides, light, and the increasing force of winter king tides. Each ceramic chain installation—composed of hundreds of hand-formed and pigmented links—speaks to both the strength and interdependence of communities, and to the shared path we will inevitably walk as the coastline continues to transform." "Throughout history, humans have sought meaning in nature by recognizing and mimicking pattern. My practice continues this impulse: by layering color, pattern, and form, I create works in conversation with the intertwined visual languages of our built and natural environments."

What to expect:
Painting, Mixed media, Sculpture, Installation