SEPTEMBER 7 – DECEMBER 19, 2021 | OPENING RECEPTION: SEPTEMBER 11, 4 – 6 PM

Based out of New York City, Spartanburg-SC native Chellis Baird (b. 1983) explores movement, dimension and fluidity in her woven paintings. Reconstructing the elements of a painting, Baird employs fabric, paint and wood to weave – not in the traditional sense – complex sculptural forms that expand beyond the edges of their frameworks. Inspired by Baird’s passion for color, dance, fashion and textiles, the tangled, monochromatic works featured in Tethered beckon viewers to explore their winding and intrinsically meditative compositions. The artist hopes viewers will “immerse themselves in the tactility of the human hand and spirit, with enough space to fill in and release their own emotions.” Baird received her BFA in textiles from Rhode Island School of Design and studied studio art at the Art Students League in New York City.