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Via Madison Ceaser is a multi-hyphenate artist whose work centers Black and Brown people, seeking to capture the subtle nuances of intersectional identities. Her practice emerges from lived experience, reflecting on the ongoing process of navigating identity and the ritual-based ways she connects with her cultural heritage, the land she inhabits, and her inner self. Ceaser earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a minor in Digital Media from the University of Texas at Austin. During her studies, she was influenced by a range of artists, including Dawoud Bey, Simone Leigh, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, and Mickalene Thomas; each shaping her approach to representation, material, and storytelling. In addition she draws from her parents’ hometowns, Beaumont and Seagraves, Texas, tracing the fading threads of memory, the pull of the land, and the intertwined stories of generations. Through this search, she aims to find connections between her own life and the lives of those who came before her.

The Garden Remembers is an immersive installation inspired by Blanca Varela’s poem “”En lo más negro del verano,”” taking the form of a figure sleeping in a field. A hand-crafted plaster mold, encrusted with organic elements. Surrounding the sculpture, a soft enclosure of projected visuals. Sculpture in collaboration with Javdee Ceneria. Soundscape in collaboration with Possessions.

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