To Return with Tricia Rainwater
To Return with Tricia Rainwater
Wednesday, March 6th, at 7 pm ET on Zoom
Join us for a conversation with Choctaw multimedia artist Tricia Rainwater, whose beautifully embodied work delves into the exploration of identity and grief. Using various mediums, particularly photography, she investigates the embodiment of displacement and how individuals can confront loss by revisiting ancestral wounds. In her self-portraits Tricia captures the journey of recovery. Over five years of photographing herself in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, her images evolve, reflecting the changes in her life. Through self-reflection, she explores her needs, areas requiring healing, and the path to self-care and recovery, inviting the audience to join her on this journey of witnessing and being seen.
Most recently, funded by the SF Arts Commission, she dedicated time to creating works on the Choctaw Trail of Tears. This endeavor involved exploring significant cultural and historical sites such as the sacred mound 'Nanih Waiya,' Dancing Rabbit Creek, and Ardmore, Oklahoma, where many Choctaws were held captive. This process deepened her connection to her ancestral past and ignited a passion for a more profound exploration of identity, resilience, and the reclamation of narrative.
Together we will question the role that photography can play in reclaiming and potentially healing the past and the ways in which photography can both facilitate and limit those transformative conversations across time.
Tricia Rainwater (she/her) is a Choctaw multimedia artist based in the Bay Area with roots in the Central Valley and New Mexico. Her artistic portfolio, which spans self-portraiture, sculpture, and large-scale murals and installations, has been featured in the Berkeley Center of the Arts, ICA SF, MOCA Toronto, and more. In 2022, she received a grant from the SF Arts Commission to trace the Choctaw Trail of Tears. Rooted in themes of identity and grief, her practice offers a perspective through the lens of a Choctaw survivor. With a B.A. in Theology and experience serving as a pastor in Arizona and South Dakota reservations, Tricia explores her tribe’s complex history with Christianity.
Tricia Rainwater
Tricia Rainwater
Tricia Rainwater
