Root System
The fourteenth edition of the Wonder Women Residency Project called Root System asks artists to propose and create artworks as part of a thematic project developed through weekly group meetings over two months. The cohort of ten artists will discuss their ongoing projects, philosophies and processes surrounding the projects and planning for installation and performance. The residency will culminate in an outdoor exhibition at Wildflower Sculpture Park in South Mountain Reservation in September 2026.
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Past Wonder Women
- Agnieszka Wszolkowska
- Alana Kakoyiannis
- Alyssa Lawler
- Amanda Thackray
- Andria Morales & Maya Escobar
- Anjelika Krishna
- Avani Palkhiwala
- Cathleen Marie Thérèse Parra
- Claudia McNulty
- Cristine Posner
- Deborah Sperry
- Eileen Ferara
- Francisca Caporali
- Giana Gonzalez
- Gwen Charles
- Hannah Kirshner
- Holly Pitre
- Jacquelyn Strycker
- Jasmine Graf
- Jennifer Torres
- Jessica Demcsak
- Joanna Rose White
- Kate Eggleston
- Kathleen Kranack
- Katya Grokhovsky
- Kristy Lopez
- Larysa Myers
- Lillian Ribeiro
- Linda Hu
- Linda Streicher
- Lindsey Muscato
- Mary Jeys
- Maya Joseph-Goteiner
- Melissa MacAplin
- Meredith Goncalves
- Michelle Levante
- Michelle Loughlin
- Olga Mercedes Bautista
- Panda Suwann
- Pollie Barden
- Rachael Serbinski
- Roxana Marroquin
- Salome Asega
- Sarah Nelson Wright
- Sharon De La Cruz
- Sharone Vendriger
- Sonali Sridhar
- Sonia Louise Davis
- Stephanie Tichenor
- Tamara Gubernat
- Vandana Jain
- Wendell Jeffrey
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Bear Trap
I began constructing these pieces using contractor paper and masking tape to get the rough shape. I tried using spray foam to build up the shapes, but I didn’t enjoy the material or process. I switched to using a mix … Continue reading
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The Land Lives Within Us
Sitti | My Grandmother, Ummi | My Mother, and Binti | My Daughter When I was invited to participate in Root System 2026, I was drawn to the connection between roots and intergenerational lineage. Beneath the surface, roots reach outward, … Continue reading
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Title Card: See The Forest Through The Trees
Title Card iteration See the Forest Through the Trees Each panel depicts a fruit-bearing tree: an Orange, Olive, Lemon, Fig, and Persimmon. White nylon rope was pulled apart into individual threads and woven through orange and green construction netting. The … Continue reading
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held from below
It’s been really satisfying to let this project unfold and develop in a way where I am just following instincts and cues from the work itself and beyond. Originally, I felt the prompt of roots as something deep in the … Continue reading
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A Bio-Portrait
My work is based in the bio-art tradition, using materials and techniques associated with science to make art. For this Bio-Portrait I will create a female human and grow sculptural works from mycelium (the root like structure supporting the fruiting … Continue reading
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The Land Lives Within Us
Heritage continues to take root in the soil and will always be remembered, no matter where we are. As a first-generation displaced Palestinian, the sculptural dresses reflect the experience of carrying identity, memory, and ancestral connection. Like root systems adapting … Continue reading
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See The Forest Through The Trees
This project has taken many twists and turns; at its heart, it is about connection: to self, to place, and to the life that sustains us. In developing this work, I became so focused on the details that I lost … Continue reading
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Cuerpo-Tierra
Cuerpo-Tierra or Earth-Body is an exploration of migration, memory, identity, and community as mediated and nurtured by the diverse geographies that hold us. Humans are not ethereal, floating beings; our souls, minds, and bodies are intimately and inextricably connected to … Continue reading
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Networks of Life – Corrine Carr
My proposal for the Wildflower Sculpture Park Residency Program, Root System, is to create a modular ceramic sculpture depicting the networks of life within South Mountain Reservation. Exploring specific species that live and keep the reservation’s ecosystem thriving. There is … Continue reading
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Root and Seed (Proposal)
Root and Seed is a two part sculptural installation that explores root systems as both visible structures and as metaphors for evolving and unseen connections. The work will initially present as two distinct forms. The first is a vertical bark … Continue reading
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