Backyard Garden Spirit Blessing the Feast / Katrina Slavik

Katrina Slavik
Queens, New York, United States
 
Backyard Garden Spirit Blessing the Feast, 2023
Mixed media collage on repurposed fabric, 21 × 22 in
 
Backyard Garden Spirit Blessing the Feast draws from everyday life in Astoria, Queens, capturing moments of gathering, gardening, and shared meals within neighborhood spaces. Using sewing, painting, and found object collage, the work brings together fragments of memory, text, and material to reflect the rhythms of community life. Backyard gardens and shared green spaces emerge as sites of connection, where residents cultivate not only food but relationships, care, and collective belonging. By weaving together urban and natural elements, the work highlights how small, local interactions with nature can foster resilience and sustainability within dense city environments.
 
Katrina Slavik is an artist working with painting, textiles, and collage to explore community, place, and everyday interaction. Drawing from lived experiences in New York City, her practice centers on urban ecology, shared spaces, and the social dynamics that emerge through collective care and neighborhood life.
 
$1600 USD