Artist
Bethenie Carriaga
Bethenie Carriaga (b.2001) is an artist from Yate, Bristol and the Philippines. Through paintings, prints, and collages, Bethenie explores themes of home, belonging, and the cyclical process of growing up.
Drawing from queer ecology, magic, and folk tales tied to land justice, anti-war and anti-colonial movements, Bethenie advocates for a 're-enchanting,' 're-wilding' or 're-witching' of land through their work. Often using found materials, they adorn yellowed or worn surfaces with landscapes and animals, processing thoughts about desire and death, and catholicism and animism. Characters such as moths, sheep, chairs, flowers and hillsides often feature in their work.
After completing their BA at Brown University in the US, Bethenie went on to study Visual, Material, and Museum Anthropology MSc at Oxford University. Since graduating, their work has featured in exhibitions across the UK and the US, and their first solo show was held in December 2024.
"I feel immensely fortunate and excited to be included in ‘The Living Mountain’ alongside such fabulous artists. This collection, in correspondence with Nan Shepherd’s words, is entirely about processing the relentless awe that I feel from being outside and witnessing all the beings that fly, sway, crawl, slither, and live and die around me."
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The Living Mountain, An Online Exhibition
"I think my work is completely about manifesting a connection with the natural world. I find tending to a painting or a drawing is like tending to the land and the animals, as I pour care into something non-human and outside of myself. I like journeys, and letting my mind wander as my feet do, and I often find so many moments in my memory and imagination overlapping as I walk. For example, in trees, I can think about all the ants and other bugs, and the wind, and all the stories about knights sleeping under the trees, and times I’ve climbed up trees, and the felling of trees, and beasts that lurk behind trees. It’s all of these concurrent lives and narratives that inject themselves into my creative process through collaging or ambiguity of form." - Bethenie Carriaga, The Living Mountain
Discover 'The Living Mountain', an online group exhibition featuring artists who encounter the natural world as part of their artistic practice, and whose work is inspired by these interactions. Sign up (if you haven't already) to get presale access Wednesday 16th July, 7pm BST.
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Mist and the sheep will disappear soon Coming Soon
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