Food and Beyond, Beyond Food

Andrea Bersaglieri makes large black-and-white charcoal drawings of soil that treat fertile land as something finite—work that asks viewers to care for the ground that nourishes us.

Ashley Jose-Isip explores Filipino-American identity through images of fast food, artificial sweets, and plates, questioning the artificiality of what we consume and the impermanence of our surroundings.

Jessy Slim uses chickpeas as “paint,” drawing materials from unexpected sources while working through nostalgia for her homeland in Lebanon.

Karen Tepaz makes abstract, organically shaped ceramic sculptures that allude to motherhood and nourishment.