Vanessa Svihla
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(In)Organic

​(In)organic (2024-2025) is a series of vivid abstract techno-organic mixed media collages. With boldly colorful, imperfect lines and circles, these works appear to be uncovered circuit boards or corroded instrument panels. This series positions disability as brilliant imperfection. I work with liquid watercolors on wet paper, creating deliberately imperfect texture and pattern with stencils, hardware, and technological components. Despite the precision of these objects, the water carries pigment in unpredictable blooms and swirls, resulting in corroded, crippled phantoms of their original forms. Reworking and composing these reveal a cyborg infrastructure—echoing the utilitarian technologies upon which disabled people depend.
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(In)Organic I, 2024
Mixed media collage
12 x 12
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(In)Organic II, 2024
Mixed media collage
12 x 12
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(In)Organic III, 2024
Mixed media collage
12 x 12
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(In)Organic IV, 2024
Mixed media collage
12 x 12
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  • About
  • Research
    • The Frame Project
  • Portfolio
    • Arts-connected research
    • Intersect
    • (In)Organic
    • (Un)Bound
    • MCM Textiles
    • Go Feral
    • Face Off
    • Air Heads
    • TMS
    • Graphic Novels
    • Explorations
  • Blog
  • Tools
  • Wrong Theory Protocol
  • Contact