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Shae || SubtleFlux • BioArt || Sci Artist

@subtleflux

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multidisciplinary social practice bio/sci artist & curator who explores oneness through meditations on the interconnectedness of earth & humanKind 📿
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curiosus futurum Experiential mixed media BioArt installation, NYC, July 2023. With thanks to @skye.gao.xy for her collaboration on the mixed media video installation aspect of this larger installation work — Into the MicroVerse, and for shooting this video tour of ‘curiosus futurism’.Heaps of gratitude and thanks to @suzanneanker @tarahhhble @hannah_fits and the whole crew @svabioart & @sva_residencies @svanyc Thank you!! #bioart #sciart #climatechange #curiosities #ecoart #microscopy #coral #slimemold #mycelium #mycology #artandscience #artandactivism #artoftheday #nycart #contemporaryart #installationart #change #environment #eco #algae #bacteriology #nature #seeds #hydroponics #globalwarming #ecogrief #tardigrade #scoby #bioplastic #artistinresidence taken in Chelsea Gallery District by @subtleflux
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3 years ago
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#behindthescenes TOUR of #microscopy exhibition!!! Wee bit of a slow start (fast forward the bottom bar about 90 seconds) 🙃and then we’re off to take you on a tour for our Livestream OPENING of the Public Arts exhibition ••• Veritas Magnus vis Microscopia ••• 1 West Grand Avenue at North State Street on the SW corner above the EL train Grand Street station. #stemandart #veritasvis #climateactionchallenge taken in Downtown Chicago by @subtleflux
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2 years ago
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Holiday’s are great for a bit of catch-up! Throwing back the clock a few months to 12 March 2023 @efa.rbpmw — the making of several diptychs in series building off previous ghosts 🙏— in this reel you’ll find the process of printing these unique monotypes — including print reveals, painting, fine work with tweezers — reveals are slowed down for your viewing pleasure — who doesn’t love a bit of tension! Working with biological materials presents a number of challenges, including sticking to both paper and plate — tweezers and patience play huge supporting roles in my process. Roses and netting are all upcycled detritus! Questions welcome in the comments! Stay tuned 📻 , ❤️ and follow 📲 @subtleflux on instagram for more reveals, process reels, & #bioart @fabriano1264 Rosapina paper, plexiglass plate, oil based inks, @rfpaints oil sticks, natural and other upcycled materials, Charles Brand press #gratefuleveryday #climatechange #monotype #artandnature #divinefeminine #inpursuitofmagic #workingartist #nycartist #experimental #artistsoninstagram #printmaking #processvideo #reelsofinstagram #artistreels #instagramcreators #handmade #reelsexplore #asmr #instagramreels #worksonpaper #upcycle #process #roses #meditation #interbeing #oceanlife #neuroscience #print #ocean taken in Elizabeth Foundation for The Arts by @subtleflux
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3 years ago
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We are pleased to present from our February exhibition "Wounds, Fears, & Healing" recently shown at Novi Hram Gallery in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Shae Nadine || SubtleFlux "Conjunctio" Wet felted merino wool, silk chiffon, iridescent silk chiffon, red eyelash yarn, silver thread, olive oil soap 11"h x 8.5"w "Joseph Beuys believed to heal, we must show our wounds. Conjunctio brings together two similar albeit uniquely different pieces of fabric: stitched silver threads highlight the beauty of repair while labour-intensive wet felted wools create a bond where fibers permeate delicate silks, hidden red eyelash fibers peek through and offer insight into internal/hidden complexities. Imperfections and challenges come together to manifest a stronger bond and future. Through the alchemy of friction, pressure, and heat these once separate fragments unite as a resilient artifact, an alchemical expression of connection." ~ Shae Nadine || SubtleFlux "Wounds, Fears & Healing" Novi Hram Gallery Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina February 7-14, 2026 Curated by Dr. George Rivera @georgefredrivera with co-curator Pamela Beverly-Quigley @pbquigley "Wounds, Fears, and Healing" invites artists to "reveal and explore the fractures that shape us and to ask what it means to face our wounds and fears openly, with others, to share in the evolution of recovery. Inspired by Joseph Beuys’ 'Show Your Wound' and his belief that creativity has the potential to heal, the exhibition’s artists explore wounds as sites of pain and truth, often concealed and avoided out of fear. Healing begins when the wound is faced and revealed, allowing art to serve as a form of social revelation and shared reckoning." #WoundsFearsAndHealing #NoviHramGallery #Artnauts #BosniaandHerzegovina #Sarajevo #SarajevoWinter #SociallyConsciousArt #ArtMatters #ArtforPeace #ShaeNadine #SubtleFlux @subtleflux taken in Galerija Novi hram by @subtleflux
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5 months ago
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Comment the word “Podcast” and my VVrkbot will send you a link. What does it feel like to return to your art practice after a 25-year break? In this episode of Art Problems, I speak with visual artist Shae Nadine || @SubtleFlux (@subtleflux) about navigating an art world that had completely transformed in her absence. When Shae joined Netvvrk two years ago, she was figuring out basics like digital documentation and artist statements. But through accountability groups and community support, she went from feeling lost to landing a NYSCA grant, a SuCasa residency, and curating a four-month public art exhibition in Chicago. This conversation gets into the unglamorous parts of building an art career—like why Shae’s accountability group toasts their rejections, how to know when you’re actually ready to apply for major grants, and why sometimes the best thing you can do for your relationship is stop asking your partner to read your artist statement. If you’ve ever felt like an outsider in the art world, I recommend listening to Shae’s story. Bio: Shae Nadine nom de guerre SubtleFlux is a child of a refugee immigrant and first generation Canadian interdisciplinary artist who leverages bio-scientific techniques with more traditional artistic processes that together bear witness to the fragile nature of our relationship with the environment and our symbiotic interdependence. They have exhibited in the US and abroad, with exhibitions in NYC, Chicago, Rwanda, Colombia and Brazil. Recently recruited to the longstanding Social Practice Collective The Artnauts and a founding member of the IP3 and Hybrid Collectives. They are founder and Chief Curator of Poche Projects based in Long Island City, NYC. by @subtleflux
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7 months ago
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From our recent exhibition "ADAPTATION" in Brazil: Shae Nadine "into the microVerse –Mosaic" Digital image of ethically sourced for science baby squid photographed through a compound microscope. Photographic Giclee print on Hahnemühle photo rag Baryta paper. 7.5 x 5.5" "‘into the microVerse – Mosaic’ was photographed through a compound microscope and bears witness to an ethically sourced for science, newly hatched baby squid’s first minutes. Chameleons of the sea, cephalopods have adaptation mechanisms that involve electrical impulses from brain signals to chromatophores, organs in their skin that change color and texture for camouflage. Diverging from their ancestors over 400 million years ago, we know from molecular findings that coleoid cephalopods have been present since the early Devonian period. They adapt and adjust to put themselves in the best position for survival." ~Shae Nadine "ADAPTATION" Galeria Do CAUA, the University of the Amazon Manaus, Brazil February 7- March 31, 2025 The exhibition "Adaptation" reflects on the ways humanity navigates challenge–both environmental and societal–in a world facing global impacts of climate change. Survival through adaptation is a fundamental mechanism for life, allowing us to alter our course, recalibrate, innovate, and engage in dialogue towards redemption in the face of crisis. Our communities evolve to meet the demands of our uncertain future, both in Manaus and in the United States. In the face of persistent devastation, nature and humanity need restoration. The Artnauts offer intuitive concepts through their art to encourage divergent thinking across all experiences of adaptation." -Curatorial essay Curated by @georgefredrivera, with assistant curators Pamela Beverley-Quigley @pbquigleyart and Trine Bumiller @bumiller_art. Gallery Director Priscila Pinto @priscilapinto.art provided invaluable assistance on site in Manaus. #Artnauts #SocialSculpture #ArtAndIdentity #Painting #AmazonArtist #gloabalart #artforsocialchange #Manaus #Amazona #art4SocialChange #artmatters #InternationalArt #artforpeace #ArtCollectives UFAM - Universidade Federal do Amazonas @caua.ufam @ufam__ #ShaeNadine @subtleflux taken in Centro de Artes - UFAM by @subtleflux
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a year ago
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I received a couple of sweet messages from NY today - all related to the recent curatorial work I’ve done there. So, here’s to #curators and especially my kind, generous neighbor this year, @soft_soul_studio, who curated the colossal “Memory” show next to “The Good Neighbor” exhibition (all thoughtfully planned, yes, by the Master curator, Norma)! 📸 @speliotisvideo @reiko.y_ Featured here: Norma Homberg, Carolina Penafiel, @annalisa_iadicicco and Shae Nadine. Big shoutout to Yvette Hidalgo, Sherwin Banfield, Sunny Moxin Chen, Jack Rohe Howard-Potter and Linda Bradford who also curated pop-ups for this year’s edition of @licartsopen. P.S. I’m holding a fabulous print by @eric_hagan_art in my hand, and the dress I wore at the Closing party is made by @meghunline. #curator #artist #community #bettertogether taken in New York, New York by @subtleflux
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a year ago
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An engaged audience during the LIC Art Walk last Saturday! Thank you, @subtleflux , for taking us into your microVerse! Last opportunity to see this @licartsopen installation TODAY at 2pm. #micrographia taken in Long Island City, New York by @subtleflux
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a year ago
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5.21.25 ClimART Cafe. On Wednesday @climatecafe.eco and Shae Nadine aka @subtleflux hosted a climate cafe at the Micrographia exhibit to explore the emotional dimensions of the climate crisis through the lens of the microscopic world. We shared climate emotions and contemplated magnified images of plant cells, microorganisms, and organic structures.🐞🎨 Micrographia is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature taken in Long Island City by @subtleflux
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a year ago
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ARTIST TALK @licartsopen @licartists @nyscouncilonthearts into the microVerse – Micrographia Inspired by scientist and illustrator Robert Hooke's seminal book, Micrographia, published in 1665, into the microVerse – Micrographia invites viewers into an immersive interdisciplinary installation where projected and printed microscopy act as a vehicle to witness the beauty of nature and our environment through magnified images of plant cells, microorganisms, and organic structures to transform our perspective of the familiar. Through this microscopic and material journey, the exhibition encourages a renewed perspective on our role as stewards of Earth's delicate ecosystems and biodiversity, asking us to reimagine how we might preserve and protect these intricate natural systems for generations to come. INSTALLATION Projections of short films of microscopy overlay an installation built entirely from upcycled pre- and post-consumer waste materials, sourced through Materials for the Arts visits and volunteer sorting sessions at FabScrap, where volunteers sort pre-consumer waste from the fashion and interior design industries for upcycling, downcycling, recycling, and rubbish. I aim to create dialogues that challenge our relationship with disposable culture. As you move through this multisensory space, the juxtaposition prompts reflection on our consumption choices and their environmental impacts. Check out the article about the show and grant in @artspiel Micrographia is made possible by the @nyscouncilonthearts New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. taken in Long Island City by @subtleflux
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a year ago
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On Wednesday May 21st join @climatecafe.eco and Shae Nadine aka @subtleflux, and step into a space of reflection and connection as we explore the emotional dimensions of the climate crisis through the lens of the microscopic world. 🌱This Climate Cafe will begin with a brief grounding meditation before inviting participants to contemplate magnified images of plant cells, microorganisms, and organic structures. 🎨The exhibition also digs deep into the life cycles of materials, examining pre- and post-consumer waste to reveal the hidden impacts of human consumption on our environment. 🐞As we contemplate these intricate and often unseen forms of life, we’ll reflect on our emotional responses to ecological change—grief, hope, responsibility—and consider how shifting our perspective can inspire renewed care for the planet. 🗣️This is a space for open dialogue, shared reflection, and collective healing. RSVP: Lu.ma/climatecafe (link in bio) Micrographia is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature taken in Long Island City by @subtleflux
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a year ago
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Happy New Year! We are highlighting one of the individual pieces from "THUS FAR", our exhibitions in Derry and Belfast, Northern Ireland: Shae Nadine "Causal Nexus – Catalyst" Monotype: ink, pigments, graphite, upcycled materials on Fabriano Artistico paper 8 x 10" "Causal Nexus – Catalyst, is a unique monotype print which shows layers of several images from prior prints that include ghosts of 13 found dying rose petals – 13 lives lost on the inflammatory Bloody Sunday. ‘Catalyst’, part of a diptych, shown alone, is unresolved as are tensions that remain within country and community. The prior image is created with petals crushed under high pressure leaving raw echoes, forms that repeat patterns in nature – veins in the petals' delicate flesh replicate veins that branch beneath our skin, they symbolize our interconnected oneness. * alternative statement * Thank you to everyone for all of your immense efforts in bringing these shows to fruition, I am grateful for, and excited to be a new member of the Artnauts family." -Shae Nadine UV Arts @uvartscic Derry/Londonderry May 22-June 2, 2024 Platform Arts Belfast June 5-22, 2024 Lead Curator: Rian Kerrane @rianannk Assistant Curator: Rebecca Vaughan @rebeccavaughanart Assistant Curator: Melissa Furness @melissafurness "Thus Far refers to this moment in time, and all that has led up to the present. It is a moment for reflection, and the present point in a story, or the pause between one breath and the next. It is the time for consideration of a future that starts now." -Curatorial essay #Artforchange #Artnauts #ArtforSocialChange #art4SocialChange #ArtCollectives #SociallyConsciousArt #InternationalArt #ArtforPeace #MakeArtNotWar #ArtMatters #Coloradoartist #digitalmedia #Artists #artinnorthernireland #Belfastart #derryart #londonderryart #workonpaper #Environment #smallpaintings #ink #graphite #acrylic #workonpaper #ShaeNadine @SubtleFlux by @subtleflux
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2 years ago
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