CREATE YOUR OWN MYTHS

Create Your Own Myths explores Washington’s personal journey to finding a spiritual home. Growing up Black in suburban America, the artist often felt left out of religious imagery and doctrine. She knew her spirituality was rooted along African Diaspora lines but the institution of slavery has stripped most black people away from their ancestral history. Over the years she explored yoga, meditation, Qigong, crystal healing and Yoruba practices. After moving to the woods in Ossining, NY she began to combine all of her explorations with an appreciation for the natural world around her. The exhibition features works that blend Nichole’s photography with painted symbols and natural materials creating imaginative images inspired by her journey and meditations.

The exhibition features works that blends Nichole’s photography with painted symbols and natural materials creating imaginative images inspired by her journey and meditations. Washington collaborates with lighting designer Itohan EdoloyI to create an immersive experience throughout the gallery where viewers are brought into Washington's mythical world filled with her symbols. The exhibition also features a video in collaboration with Healing Sound Artist Rebecca KellyG that depicts a ritual for coming into self empowerment.