The Mayor's Office Gallery

KONNEKXION III

Solo show by Collette Bresilla

The title of this exhibition celebrates the dynamic vision of Colette Bresilla’s Haitian ethnicity as a painter, textile designer, and sculptor. She explores cultural and creative contexts as a tool for social change. The exhibition gathers pieces that often present mirrored images which, like their reflections, can be ambiguous and even contradictory; yet a glaring characterization of the complexities of human identity both personal and cultural. The inspiration of these selections was drawn from her personal interest in representations of complicated figures at ease with themselves who at the same time mirror particular identities.

Bresilla attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) while recognizing her immersion in Haitian art of multiple media as foundational in her formation. Art-making is an integral part of her life experience. “I believe in the transformative and healing potential of the arts and art-production, and consider myself a cultural worker.”

Her work is centered around the idea of being nowhere and everywhere, waltzing around cultural boundaries and traveling through form and energy, attempting to incorporate conflict, balance, and harmony to shape her images.

To learn more about the artist please visit colettebresilla.com.