Luba Zygarewicz

the golden thread (from the 100 dwelling series), 2022

Quink Ink, Bronze findings, Mica, Gold ink, Teabag from Artist's Consumption

5 x 1.5 x .5 inches; framed: 14 x 11 inches

Courtesy of the artist

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This artwork is part of the "100 dwellings" Series. It is #8 in the second set of 100 dwellings on altered teabags. Luba Zygarewicz is a Chilean-Ukrainian multidisciplinary artist and educator based in New Orleans. She grew up in Bolivia and moved to San Francisco at age 15. She attended from San Francisco Art Institute (MFA) and Loyola University (BA Sculpture). Zygarewicz gravitates to creating pieces that, in time, accumulate to a larger whole, working with materials such as hair, lint, twigs, cotton, and tea. Her work comments on the transience of time and landscape, and elevates the seemingly banal through immersive, place-based installations and sculptures. She has exhibited at the Ogden Museum and CAC in New Orleans; 'OPEN Space', Venice, Italy; City of Santa Rosa Public Art, CA; Walter Anderson Museum, Mexican Cultural Institute of New Orleans; Women's Gallery, Chicago, IL. Some community projects include 'Sentinels' in conjunction with Tides Institute and Museum of Art; 'the HOPE project' at the ruins of San Sebastiao, Messejana, Portugal; and March Against Poverty, Lake Providence, LA. Zygarewicz has been an artist-in-residence at The Hambidge Center, StudioWorks, Buinho Creative Hub in Portugal, and Chalk Hill Artist Residency; and has collaborated with the European Cultural Academy in Venice, Italy.