Zipporah Camille Thompson's (MFA, 2015) solo exhibition wild chrysalis bloom is currently on view at shedspace, an outdoor installation at whitespace in Atlanta, GA. 

“wild chrysalis bloom embodies a wild self-welcoming that coexists with the recent solar eclipse in Gemini. Eclipses signify a time of radical healing, shadow work, and amplified energy. Venturing into the wild creates tension and chaos as eclipses proclaim revolutionary moments in time. When we choose to love and embrace ourselves and others through deep change and discomfort, we find rest, we transform, we emerge, we extend compassion. The murky alchemy of grief, loss, and heartbreak yields the bloom: a symbol of hope, enchanting rebirth, and of magnificent revolution. The palm, a representation of finding and holding space applauds rebellious stages of conflict, resilience, and sacrifice. The upheaval of systems of power no longer serving us brings about restorative justice, reclamation of identity, and collective soul transformation as vibrant gardens of self and community are cultivate.”  

Zipporah Camille Thompson (she.her.hers) is a ceramicist, weaver, sculptor, and activist based in Atlanta, Georgia-land of the Muskogee. A native Carolinian, Thompson explores alchemical transformations through clay + textiles, examining marginalized bodies and eliciting social change through her work.  Sculpted shapeshifters and hybrid landscapes investigate otherness. 

She received her MFA from the University of Georgia and her BFA from the University of North Carolina Charlotte.  Her work has been featured in numerous publications and shown in spaces, nationally and internationally.  Zipporah Camille Thompson is a 2021 MOCA GA Working Artist Project Fellow, a 2020 Artadia Atlanta Awardee, a Watershed Zenobia Scholarship Award grantee, an NCECA Multicultural Fellow, and an Idea Capital Travel Grant recipient.  Thompson is represented by Whitespace Gallery in Atlanta, GA.  She is a history addict, roller-skater, and lover of unicorns, zombies, the moon, tarot and all things fantasy.  

The exhibition will be on view through October 23, Thursday – Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm.

Read more about the exhibition in the recent BURNAWAY review.

Top Image: Zipporah Camille Thompson, detail of kith and kin, 2021; handwoven tapestry, digital photography printed on fabric, bleached denim, photographs, mixed fabrics, 76 by 80 by 3 inches. Courtesy the artist and whitespace. Photography by Kadarina Adams