Illiquid Objects, curated by Yasmeen Abdallah and Defne Tutus, celebrates 1 poet and 19 visual artists working in textile and sculpture and is forthcoming at Studio 9D @studioninedee in Chelsea in September 2023.

Illiquid invites you to view Illiquid Objects at the opening, where Qiqing Goh will be reading her poem. If you can’t make it to the opening, please visit during regular gallery hours. The show will be on view September 6th - 29th and it will be open Wednesday - Saturday, 12 pm - 6 pm.

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Illiquid Objects is a material investigation into personal production and craft using fiber, beads and amuletic objects. We are interested in exploring the handmade object as a place to store dreams. Co-curated by Yasmeen Abdallah and Defne Tutus, Illiquid Objects will feature works by CARO, Aruni Dharmakirthi, Renato Dib, Nicholas D'Ornellas, Katherine Earle, Daniela Gomez Paz, Alexandra Hammond, Vandana Jain, Fatemeh Kazemi, Weihui Lu, Erin McQuarrie, Chiara No, Jacob Olmedo, Lena Ruth Schwartz, SHENEQUA, Zelikha Zohra Shoja, Anita Trombetta, Tulika Varma and Chengtao Yi. Many of these artists work in the tangible world of physical materials and they push the boundaries of traditional textile techniques. They find inspiration in the fraying, breaking, and re-imagining of old narratives.