Accidental Girl, Dirty World
“Accidental Girl and the Dirty World” is the story of a teen girl’s coming-of-age journey through a world hidden just under the earth’s crust. This acid-colored Dirty World is an ecosystem of charismatic microfauna who have evolved to consume human-made pollution. Here, Accidental Girl meets The Grinning Moon, The Blood Orange Bat, and several slippery slugs mating. The works in this series show the world through Accidental Girl’s eyes.
Installation views.
Exhibition featured a soundtrack composed by Lauren Jones and John Dombroski and a reading area which held the accompanying artist’s books “Diary Edition” and “MOON-MESSAGE”.
Stillness is Scary, Everything Echoes
22 x 16 inches, Ink, colored pencil, poster paint, paint pen, gel pen, gouache, and marbled paper on Arches paper, 2020
The Plantain Slug and its Plastic Mucus
dimensions variable (slug body is 3/4 inches x 6 inches), wool roving, glass beads, and plastic bags, 2017
After Anna
9in x 12in, ink, acrylic, and cyanotype on paper, 2018
Shadow Poem 1
8in x 11in, ink and hand-marbled paper on paper, 2019
Paper Spider's Home
8in x 11in, paper dyed with eucalyptus and embroidery floss, 2017
The Last Resort
65in x 69in, ink, colored pencil, crayon, watercolor, gouache, marker, paint pen, and hand-marbled paper on cut paper, 2018
Between Two Breaths
13in x 16in, yarn and embroidery floss on eucalyptus dyed fabric, 2017
Your Life Aglow
18in x 36in, hand-marbled paper, 2018
Cyan Spider’s Home (In the Salted Soil)
15x20 inches, cyanotype, ink, and acrylic on paper, 2021
Blood Orange Bat
12in x 20 in, ink, gel pen, and acrylic on orange paper, 2019
Beetles in the Torrey Pines
14in x 17in x 1in, embroidery floss and fabric on wooden stretcher bars, 2016
A Hole and a Whale Song
diptych - left: 11 x 16 inches, right: 5 x 7 inches, ink and marker on hand-marbled paper, 2018
Cosmic Snake
54in x 62in, ink, gel pen, hand-marbled paper, gouache, colored pencil, and crayon on paper, 2018
Papaya Spider’s Home
8in x 11in, acrylic and watercolor on paper, 2018
Spiderweb Memories
48in x 54in, glitter, ink pen, gel pen, crayon, colored pencil, charcoal, gouache, oil pastel, and marker on paper, 2017
After Anna II
9in x 12in, ink, acrylic, and cyanotype on paper, 2018
“sssSlippery”
approximately 36in x 48in, yarn, crayon, colored pencil, ink, gouache, gen pen, ink pen, and watercolor on cut paper, 2018
Pomegranate Shrooms
12in x 14in, ink, crayon, and acrylic on hand-marbled paper, 2018
Rainbow Spider's Home
13 x 18 inches, Embroidery floss, 2019
Slugxxx
approximately 36in x 48in, ink, marker, gel pen, paint pen, gouache, acrylic paint, and hand-marbled paper on paper, 2018
Brownie's Diner
11 x 20 inches, ink, acrylic paint, and pen on Arches paper, 2020
A soundscape accompanied the visual art and books in the 2019 “Accidental Girl, Dirty World” exhibition.
Writing by Grace Mae Huddleston, Vocals by Lauren B. Jones, and Sounds & Synth Voices / Recording & Mix by John Dombroski.
Release April, 2019.