Artemisia Rescue: Across Time and Place

Curated by snezana saraswati petrovic & quinn mcnichol

May 7 - 30, 2026
Opening Reception, Thursday, May 7, 5-8pm

Exhibiting Artists:

Iole Alessandrini
Nola Avienne
Sofya Belinskaya
Arezoo Bharthania
Colleen RJC Bratton
Reed van Brunschot
Chris Buening
Lee Davignon
James Hartunian
Ben Hirschkoff & Karim Shuquem
Jia Jia
Margie Livingston
David Leapman
Quinton Merada
quinn mcnichol
Cameron Day O’Connell
Snezana Saraswati
Petrovic & Hiroshi Shimizu
Warren Pope
Ty Pownall
Max Presneill
Stephanie Sherwood
Dylan Ricards
Tara Tamaribuchi
Genevieve Tremblay
Valerie Wilcox

Gallery Hours:
Friday–Sunday, 12–5pm

Artemisia Rescue: Across Time and Space is a collaborative exhibition between SOIL Artist-Run Gallery (Seattle) and Durden & Ray (Los Angeles). Inspired by the Artemisia (mugwort) plant and its rhizomatic growth, the exhibition explores resilience, interconnection, and collective survival across geographies and time.

Working from the rhizome as both metaphor and method, the project brings together artists whose practices engage care, repair, and adaptation in moments of social and ecological precarity. Long associated with healing, dreaming, and protection, Artemisia anchors the exhibition in histories of embodied knowledge and cultural memory.

Unfolding across two cities, Artemisia Rescue proposes connection—not hierarchy—as a model for sustaining creative and communal life.

CURATORS BIOGRAPHY

SOIL

quinn mcnichol grew up in Glenside, PA. During their high school years they engaged in independent study with Philadelphia artist Marcia Jones, and earned a BFA in Fine Art from Pennsylvania College of Art and Design in 2012. They have since participated in a number of programs and residencies including the Emerging Artist in Residence (EAR) program at Millersville University, Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution (VACI), Vermont Studio Center and Mount Gretna School of Art (MGSoA). In addition to these formal studies, quinn spent a summer visiting Romanian artist Alice Schwager in her home studio to explore spiritual art therapies, expanding their emotional perception of their creative practice.

In 2021 quinn earned their MFA from the University of Washington’s School of Art + Art History + Design in Seattle, WA. Post-graduation they traveled extensively around the continental US and Mexico, participating in residencies at El Sur in Tlalpan CDMX and Wonder Domes in Wonder Valley CA. In January 2026, quinn completed Solos Residency in CDMX. 

DURDEN AND RAY

snezana saraswati petrovic, born in Yugoslavia, is a Los Angeles–based transmedia artist, curator, and set/costume designer focused on the intersection of ecofeminism and science since working on “Envisioning The Future” with Judy Chicago (2004). Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at institutions including MOCA, the Stedelijk Museum, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art. A Professor Emerita of Art, she has received numerous honors, including the Golden Arena for production design, Ovation Awards for costume design, and grants from the NEA, UC Regents, and the Center for Cultural Innovation. Her work has been featured in Artillery, Diversion LA, Art and Cake, Voyager LA, and the Los Angeles Times magazines.