無知爲用 (Good of Nothing) – Muzi Li Rowe

Rowe is creating a series of Chinese knots, an ancient form of folk art that is typically made with fabric cords and is displayed as festive decoration. Using defunct cables such as ethernet cables, phone charging cables and wired headphones, she is transforming these discarded materials into hand knotted forms with the technique of a traditional Chinese craft.

Cementation/Dissolution – Mirabel Wigon

Cementation/Dissolution is a solo exhibition of landscape paintings by Mirabel Wigon. These paintings are inspired by her immediate surroundings and explore experience, immersion, and separation within the built and natural environment. The paintings acknowledge infrastructure instability and ecological degradation as dire existential threats, emphasizing the flawed modernist narrative of progress and innovation.

Many Hands and the Marks We Make: Case for Making Collaborative Quilts

San Francisco art supply store Case for Making comes to Axis to present a snapshot of its current community of teachers, makers and staff. Quilts of watercolor paintings, with individual pieces made by over 60 artists, have been lovingly assembled by CFM staff, coordinated by founder Alexis Joseph, and curated by artist Eliza Gregory. The exhibition showcases these pieces, as well as the ideas and values manifested by this unusual institution-as-artwork.