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Opening THIS THURSDAY: Please join me at 6 p.m. at @thewaltersartmusuem for the opening of Activating the Renaissance featuring Tzara’at from the Series Lashon Hara. I’ll be giving a short talk along with the other 5 exhibiting contemporary artists @jessbadtidasart @tawnychatmon Bernhard Hildebrandt, @mvrjoni @stephentowns followed by a Q&A in the galleries amongst works by Renaissance and Baroque masters. It’s going to be a lovely evening- OH and my MOM is going to be there. Do come, she wants to meet you as do I! Curated by Joaneath Spicer, James A. Murnaghan Curator of Renaissance and Baroque Art with assistance from Chandi Kelly (@chandikelly) Curatorial Assistant and Coordinator of Contemporary Art Initiatives. . . . . . . . . . . . #activatingtherenaissance #Renaissanceart #Contemporaryart #fineartphotography #waltersartmusuem #baltimore taken in The Walters Art Museum by @ventiko
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4 years ago
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A year later. “A glimpse into herself reflects the sorrow of the world.” @kissa_sinner #bts from new series where realities collide. . . . . . . . . . . . . #oneyearlater #covid_19 #reflection #sorrow2020 #phoenix #portrait #photographicportrait #throughmylens taken in St. John Cemetery by @ventiko
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5 years ago
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In Fieri, the process of becoming. Perfection? Unattainable. Join us June 18-21 from 2-10 pm for a photographic performance staring you. 1. The only work I made in 2018, it was a rough year. 2. Muse and In Fieri performer @briannalynneohara 3. Reunited with my favorite ladder 4. A perfect body? A perfect soul. 5. Justice, digital c metallic print, 63x40, 2016 commissioned by @projectforemptyspace for Newark Historical Society 5. Can I get a hand and be a pretty girl? Yes, yes I can. Come out, we'll make art. It will be fun. I hope it's weird. Thank you to all my muses: @stevie_artemis_latham @belgeortega @kevindarmanie @briannalynneohara @projectmaven1 @lauramagicweyl @instacatherinec @jane.tza @sassafiras @luminous.luma @blummer.dp @dexterthepeacock taken in New York City by @ventiko
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This is your official invitation. Come get your kit off and make art with me at @workinprogress__official In Fieri is a photographic performance and site-responsive installation based on the idea that the process of becoming is never finished and perfection is an illusion. You know how we do. Photos from way back, some from now: 1. Bacchanal, digital c metallic print, 60x40 ins, 2012 2. Art Hurts 3. Missit Me Dominus, digital c metallic print, 50x30 ins, 2012 4. Install 5. The pallete And yes there will be Caruso, only Caruso. by @ventiko
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Introducing Ventiko’s In Fieri Known for her immersive tableaux vivants, Ventiko constructs theatrical environments where performance, photography, and participation converge. For Work in Progress NYC, In Fieri transforms the space into an evolving photographic performance where voyeurism, theatricality, and participation blur into a living set. Throughout the festival you are invited to move around the environment, interact with performers, and step into the unfolding tableau vivant. 👁 Would you rather look or be looked at? WIP NYC June 18–21, 2026 At @theblanc_ny 15 E 40th St. New York City Video by @studiodreamfactory Photographs courtesy of the artist. by @ventiko
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2 months ago
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Today is Hot Pot / Melting Point. Join us on the lawn at Angels Gate Park for a community feed, performances, and a gathering shaped by heat, migration, and shared presence. This project begins from San Pedro’s layered port histories and asks what holds when social temperatures rise. Not a “melting pot,” but a melting point. Not assimilation, but endurance through pressure. Today’s line-up 12:30–2:30pm — Feng Shui Poetry with Jen Cheng 2:30pm — Improv Taiko 3:30pm — Ventiko, The Celeste Doll 2–5pm — Hot Pot / Melting Point Community Feed Come eat with us. Sit at the table. Talk to strangers. Stay for the performances. At a moment of fracture, gathering itself can be a form of resistance. Ingredients remain distinct, but soften through shared time. We are not melting into sameness. We are enduring the heat together. The temperature is rising. The table remains. #hotpotmeltingpoint #terminalisland #apocoartcollective #annshicurator #anglesgatepark taken in Angels Gate Cultural Center by @ventiko
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3 months ago
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I never thought I was going to make it, let alone be on the other side with my experience as the impetus for a project focused on healing and SUD awareness. Especially in the same city I used to run hard in-WOA. Thank you @mirrorindy for this thoughtful article on Masks of Resilience and @_stephanie_amador for such stunning portraits. I’m so grateful to everyone who came to the workshops + exhibition opening and shared a bit of themselves. Swipe through to read some of the participants’ experiences. My recovery and creation are driven by togetherness. Thank you @artscouncilindy for believing in me and @neaarts for funding this project. Thank you @cafe_oztara for hosting us every Saturday in March. Thank you @lukas.felix.schooler and art therapist Benjamin Aquila of @damiencenter for making Masks of Resilience more magical than I could have dreamed, solely by showing up as your authentic selves. And thank you to my parents for never quitting me. Ok. I’m emotional and embarrassed,✌️! . . . . . . . . . . #maskmaking #substanceusedisorder #recovery honestopenmindedwilligness by @ventiko
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3 months ago
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Express Yourself! We’ve been working all month on (un)masking during Masks of Resilience workshops and tomorrow is the day! Join us at Cafe Oztara for the Masks of Resilience Exhibition at 11 am with a @sylvadeanandme performance at 11:30 am! We can’t wait to see you express yourself! Masks of Resilience is a collaboration between myself, artist @lukas.felix.schooler and Benjamin Aquila, art therapist at the @damiencenter and is supported by the @artscouncilindy and funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. Get into it Diva! . . . . . . #maskmakingworkshop #substanceusedisorder #performanceart #unmasking taken in Cafe Oztara by @ventiko
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4 months ago
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TOMORROW MORNING. MEET AT THE CAFE. BE A PART OF SOME MAGIC. (swipe for more details) #indycoffee #indyart #localbusiness #finalfourindy taken in Cafe Oztara by @ventiko
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4 months ago
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TOMORROW: Make a mask alongside the sweetest, chattiest, most sincere community of people. Participate in our ‘Masks of Resilience’ art workshop at Cafe Oztara from 10am-1pm. You’re guaranteed to get something meaningful out of this time dedicated to connection, creativity, and healing. Hope to see you soon 😊! #indyarts #indyartscouncil #indycoffee #artsandwellbeing #arttherapy taken in Cafe Oztara by @ventiko
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4 months ago
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It's so hard to be vulnerable. In Wolcott, Indiana, halfway between Indianapolis and Chicago, there's a mural of me by @nmsalgar titled "La Ventana." Nicole painted me as "a gatekeeper to a dreamlike reality, meant to give the viewer an opportunity to peer into a world in bloom." I don't see myself that way. When I started @sylvadeanandme in 2010, it was to survive my mother's breast cancer. Masking for survival became masks in my art practice, became masking to heal. In 2014 I had my face life cast and turned into distorted masks for On Beauty, a photographic performance during Miami art week. (That's also when @dexterthepeacock and I fell in love.) My face as a mask became the Celeste Doll, more on the snow queen soon. Every week at Masks of Resilience, a public workshop series in collaboration with @lukas.felix.schooler and Benjamin Aquila (MA, ATR-P), certified art therapist of the @damiencenter, I read from my memoir. And I'm hoping you won't reject me. Masks of Resilience is supported by @artscouncilindy's Arts, Health, and Wellbeing Initiative funded by the @neaarts. Connection is what changes things. Come to @cafeoztara tomorrow from 10 am-1 pm and share a piece of who you are. I can't wait to see you. taken in Indianapolis, IN by @ventiko
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4 months ago
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HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY | Masks of Resilience 🎭✨ Join us for a free public workshop series exploring art, recovery, and resilience. Led by interdisciplinary artist Ventiko in collaboration with the Damien Center, this experience blends mask-making with powerful storytelling. Create a safe space for healing, identity, and connection with us. Happening every Saturday in March from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. No art experience needed. Attend one session or all four! Plus, don’t miss the culminating exhibition and live performance on Saturday, April 4! This program is part of the Indy Arts Council’s Arts, Health, and Wellbeing Initiative, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. taken in Cafe Oztara by @ventiko
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