Arianna Williamson - Grief Baking
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“Grief Baking”, 2020, Compilation of video stills
Arianna Williamson (she/her) was born in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho but has spent the majority of her life in the California Bay Area. In 2021, she will receive her B.A. in Art Practice from the University of California, Berkeley. Williamson has already been included in various exhibitions including “Then and Now: Art from Childhood to the Present” at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA and “Making Their Mark: Student Painting Exhibition” at Mahoney Library Gallery, Petaluma, CA. Williamson currently lives and works in Berkeley, CA.
“Wrapped Up”, 2020, Dyed fabric, charcoal, acrylic paint, thread and seed beads, 3 ft. x 2 ft. // She met me in a dream, in a place that is frequently indescribable, and yet, her skin was real enough to touch, her hair was strong enough to be brushed, her eyes bright enough to be seen, her voice clear enough to say, “If I could hold you, I would jump into your arms.”
Artist Statement:
.Within this body of work Arianna Williamson uses her practice as guidance for healing from grief and loss of a matriarch in her life. Her process includes personal research on grieving in hopes of stitching meaningful ties to her current, human existence and altogether, stabilizing abstract responses to an abstract question: what does one do after the loss? “Grief Baking” is a digital video narrative which attempts to provide meaning to the question above. The documentation follows matrilineal life and loss through a learned combination of yeast, flour, salt, and water.
