Ms. Cashmere - Re:connect
26” x 36”
Mixed Media Collage
“The past few years have really held a focus on healing personally and collectively. When I think of Lucid Landscapes, I resonate with the wavelength of healing the mind through many avenues including deep breathing, EMDR therapy for PTSD, and making all kinds of art. Renew Your Mind is a series of works on paper exploring mixed media, meditative practice, and archetype. Each piece articulates a stage of the journey of healing. These were created while I simultaneously produce music at home. Because that process creates a lot of new pathways in the mind, I wanted to find balance with a gentle practice. Creating these works on paper felt delicate and intimate in a way that it doesn’t always feel safe to be in this world - and seeing that come to life brought healing to me.”
Artist Bio:
Ms. Cashmere, aka Vanessa Atienza, is an Austin-based artist born in San Jose, California. She works with mixed media in many forms including poetry, collage, songwriting and production, and collaboration through community archival work. Mixed media presents a tangible parallel to reflect an array of mixed lived experiences including identity and spirituality. Her work centers themes of love, healing, and transcendence and is rooted in the belief that every individual can heal the world through first healing themselves and extending vulnerability to empower others.
26” x 36”
Mixed Media Collage
“The past few years have really held a focus on healing personally and collectively. When I think of Lucid Landscapes, I resonate with the wavelength of healing the mind through many avenues including deep breathing, EMDR therapy for PTSD, and making all kinds of art. Renew Your Mind is a series of works on paper exploring mixed media, meditative practice, and archetype. Each piece articulates a stage of the journey of healing. These were created while I simultaneously produce music at home. Because that process creates a lot of new pathways in the mind, I wanted to find balance with a gentle practice. Creating these works on paper felt delicate and intimate in a way that it doesn’t always feel safe to be in this world - and seeing that come to life brought healing to me.”
Artist Bio:
Ms. Cashmere, aka Vanessa Atienza, is an Austin-based artist born in San Jose, California. She works with mixed media in many forms including poetry, collage, songwriting and production, and collaboration through community archival work. Mixed media presents a tangible parallel to reflect an array of mixed lived experiences including identity and spirituality. Her work centers themes of love, healing, and transcendence and is rooted in the belief that every individual can heal the world through first healing themselves and extending vulnerability to empower others.
26” x 36”
Mixed Media Collage
“The past few years have really held a focus on healing personally and collectively. When I think of Lucid Landscapes, I resonate with the wavelength of healing the mind through many avenues including deep breathing, EMDR therapy for PTSD, and making all kinds of art. Renew Your Mind is a series of works on paper exploring mixed media, meditative practice, and archetype. Each piece articulates a stage of the journey of healing. These were created while I simultaneously produce music at home. Because that process creates a lot of new pathways in the mind, I wanted to find balance with a gentle practice. Creating these works on paper felt delicate and intimate in a way that it doesn’t always feel safe to be in this world - and seeing that come to life brought healing to me.”
Artist Bio:
Ms. Cashmere, aka Vanessa Atienza, is an Austin-based artist born in San Jose, California. She works with mixed media in many forms including poetry, collage, songwriting and production, and collaboration through community archival work. Mixed media presents a tangible parallel to reflect an array of mixed lived experiences including identity and spirituality. Her work centers themes of love, healing, and transcendence and is rooted in the belief that every individual can heal the world through first healing themselves and extending vulnerability to empower others.
