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Manavi Singh’s “ANAARDANA” on view in 𝘌𝘔𝘌𝘙𝘎𝘌 𝘟 through July 25th. DM or email to learn more!

“Inspired by still life painting, this photograph uses bindis as the seeds of a pomegranate (anaar) to reflect the quiet, repetitive labor and care performed by women in Desi households, drawing on themes from my earlier video work, An Apple a Day. Part of a series of nine photographs, it explores how everyday domestic rituals become acts of preserving cultural memory and tradition within the diaspora, revealing both their beauty and burden.”

📍5601 Cary Street Rd, Richmond VA

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Arden Shostak is an interdisciplinary artist and writer from Virginia. He holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and has been awarded residences with VisArts, Wildacres, and Tabby Studio, among others.

“Imaginary Meadow” is now on view in 𝘌𝘔𝘌𝘙𝘎𝘌 𝘟 through July 25th. DM or email to learn more!

“In this image, stylized impressions of flowers are superimposed onto a more naturalistic meadow landscape. These differing modes of representation are combined in order to trouble the sense of authority in landscape painting, and to evoke different methods of seeing and understanding the ecosystems around us.”

📍5601 Cary Street Rd, Richmond, VA

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Elise Rise’s “The Origin of the World” is now on view in 𝘌𝘔𝘌𝘙𝘎𝘌 𝘟 through July 25th. DM or email to learn more!

Drawing on recent research in plant neurobiology, Rise’s luminous fruit cross-sections explore intelligence as a continuum across kingdoms of life. Pomegranates, strawberries, and tomatoes—rendered with meticulous detail—become meditations on consciousness, transformed awareness, and our botanical origins. Rooted in ancient creation stories and the idea that plants are the protobrains of life, these works suggest that human intelligence and flesh have their deepest roots in seeds and soil.

Elise Rise (b. 1993, Richmond, Virginia) lives and works in Brooklyn. She received her BA summa cum laude from Princeton University, with concentrations in Art & Archaeology and Visual Arts.

📍5601 Cary Street Rd, Richmond VA

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@elise_rise @gallery.spider @bymanavi

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Thank you for joining us to celebrate the opening of “𝘌𝘔𝘌𝘙𝘎𝘌 𝘟” and the incredible artists who made this show possible!

Now on view through July 25th

📍5601 Cary Street Rd, Richmond VA

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@gracemandl @artbyinga @pedestrianblues_ @svietlakmietny @miintyphotos @clara666deweese @samanthavanheest @lamekaty @corylcaulfield @elise_rise @douglaswilliamson_art/ @megankoeppel @janenichols.studio @Kstonyart @lucywellborn @haveueverseenaghost @madaline_gardner__ @annaperdue_art @dopfui @gallery.spider @_paintaway @margaretwalkr @bymanavi

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Bond Millen Gallery is excited to announce our tenth annual EMERGE Exhibition. Please join us for an opening reception with the artists on June 11th from 5 to 7 pm.

📍5601 Cary Street Rd, Richmond VA

The EMERGE exhibition is a juried + invitational exhibition with a focus on artists currently in school, recently graduated, or showcasing a strong commitment to their artistic practice, if not pursuing traditional schooling.

A small group of artists were selected from the 100+ submissions we received during our open call this Spring. They will have their work on display at the Gallery from June 11th to July 25th, 2026.

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@gracemandl @artbyinga @pedestrianblues_ @svietlakmietny @miintyphotos @clara666deweese @samanthavanheest @lamekaty @corylcaulfield @elise_rise @douglaswilliamson_art/ @megankoeppel @janenichols.studio @Kstonyart @lucywellborn @haveueverseenaghost @madaline_gardner__ @annaperdue_art @dopfui @gallery.spider @_paintaway @margaretwalkr @bymanavi

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@bymanavi delivers again and again and again. Having a shoot with my kitties was so special. I love how these turned out and might have to have a gallery wall of them 😬

#dmvphotography #coolphotoshoot #catpics #fypppppppppppppp #funphotoshoot

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this doesn’t help the crazy cat lady allegations but at least the pics slayed lol

#catladylife #beautifulcats #catsofinstagram #fypシviral creativephotographer

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Love how creative this is! DIY touches really make a wedding so personal 💍🌸 What’s your favorite DIY detail you’d add to your big day?

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This series of photographs is of my paternal grandparents — I am not particularly close to them, for reasons that trace through years of silence, generational weight, and family histories that rarely unfold out loud.

Still, when I asked them to be in front of my camera at their farm, I caught something simple: two people who love each other. Two people rooted in the land they've known, moving through time together.

This work isn’t about resolution. It’s about presence. It’s about recognizing love as it exists, even in complicated places or situations. Photographing them was a kind of unexpected softness — a brief window into something I didn’t know I was ready to hold.

- @bymanavi (shot in January 2025)

This is the last post I'll be sharing during my takeover on this page. Happy to have had the chance to share some love with the flower community. Come visit me on my page some time & let's connect :)

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In my photographs, I’ve noticed how often I obscure faces. It wasn’t always intentional, but it’s become a language of its own. Maybe it’s a way of protecting the people I love. Maybe it's about allowing the audience to access and put a face of their own into the piece. Maybe it’s how I process the generational quiet we inherit — the kind that isn’t always spoken but lives in our homes, in our gestures, in the way we carry grief and grace at once.

Flowers have also been a part of that — not just as symbols, but as memory. The presence, the comfort, the familiarity. The act of stopping to notice what’s blooming — even in the middle of everything.This softness, this act of covering — it isn’t about hiding. It’s about care. About claiming peace in the middle of something heavier. About rooting comfort where it wasn’t always guaranteed.

a kind of reverence. comfort lives here. somewhere between presence and quiet. something that always feels like home, or a gentle reminder.

🌷@bymanavi @manarvee

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🌸✨ Hoovu Finds Takeover Alert ✨🌸

This weekend, we’re delighted to welcome Manavi Singh (@bymanavi) to @hoovufinds for a gentle, heartfelt floral takeover.

Manavi is a multidisciplinary artist and professor in Washington DC, with photography as her grounding medium. Her exhibited work often explores themes of loss of identity, belonging, and the state of in-between. But flowers have always had a quiet hold on her lens.

When not deep in research or narrative, she returns to florals as a place of play, comfort, and inspiration. From bougainvillea-lined homes in India and morning chai in her nani’s garden, to her mother’s growing houseplant collection and evening walks stopping to smell each passing flower in the States, flowers have followed her across oceans. They let her create with joy, with ease, reminding her she doesn’t always have to explain, just feel.

A consistency throughout the years, Manavi continues to experiment with florals across mediums, always inspired by the color, memory, and softness they offer.

Stay tuned as she shares the quiet beauty of flowers through her lens and lived stories.

#HoovuFinds #HoovuFindsTakeover

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