In Conversation: Kelley Finley and Tricia Rainwater

Join "I split the ground, so it would not close over me" artists Kelley Finley and Tricia Rainwater for a conversation about their practice and the underlying ideas informing their work in the exhibition. The talk will be moderated by exhibition curator, Shirin Makaremi.

In the exhibition, Finley and Rainwater approach survival as both a personal and collective experience. Delving into personal and communal histories, the artists explore what it means to sustain communities and how resilience is an ongoing process. "I split the ground, so it would not close over me is on view" through August 29.

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Kelley Finley is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is autoethnographic, primarily working in sculpture, textiles, and performance. Finley received her MFA from California College of the Arts and a BFA in Sculpture and a B.S. in Art Education from Kutztown University. Her work has been exhibited internationally in Hong Kong and Italy, and across the US. Recently, she was an Artist in Residence at Recology, SF, and participated in Edge on the Square’s Annual Contemporary Art Event.

Tricia Rainwater is a Choctaw multimedia artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with roots in the Central Valley and New Mexico. Her multidisciplinary practice spans self-portraiture, sculpture, large-scale murals, and installation, and her work has been presented at institutions including the Berkeley Center for the Arts, ICA San Francisco, MOCA Toronto, Muz Collective, ICA San Jose, and San Francisco Camerawork, among others.

Shirin Makaremi is an Iranian-American artist and curator based in San Francisco, CA. Makaremi has over 10 years of experience working within the Bay Area art community where she has curated and facilitated exhibitions and programs. She enjoys working with emerging local artists, collaborating and supporting them to take a leap with their practice. Makaremi has worked with a number of Bay Area organizations, such as the San Francisco Arts Commission Main Gallery, Makaan Artist Residency, 500 Capp Street Foundation, Southern Exposure, Zamin Project, SF Camerawork, and SOMArts. Makaremi received her BA from San Francisco State University in Studio Art and Art History.