06/01/2026
Surface gallery is proud to present "Yes, and..." by Naomi Falk. Naomi has a created an eye-catching and thought provoking installation featuring fiber art.
About the exhibit:
"Dreaming through improvisational play, I make my way through these anxious times and momentary nows. Inspired by Ross Gay, Muriel Rukeyser, among many more people, creatures, and events, I ponder the delight and difficulty of living together in this “human place”. What does it mean to dig through what remains (donated fabrics, clothing, textiles, stuff)? What is lost and found? Through these processes, I piece together new stories, discovering softness, survival, and abundant possibilities.",-Naomi Falk
About the Artist:
Ruminating on our relationships with manufactured and natural landscapes, Falk’s work considers grief, loss, and communal and environmental survival. She explores the stories and implications embedded in (still useful) recycled and reclaimed objects (clothing, textiles, and construction materials).
A tinkerer and explorer she builds in playful iterations—is it better this way or that? Through collaboration and conversation with people and places, Falk plays where material, cultural, and ecological histories intersect, creating sculptural and fiber-based works and immersive installations. How might foraged materials be gathered and reframed to build objects and experiences that comfort, support, challenge, and sustain us?
Falk has exhibited at well-respected regional and national venues and done residencies in Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and throughout the United States. A university art professor for 20 years, she was recently the Fall 2024 Fibers Fellow at Colorado College. Falk lives and works in Colorado Springs, Colorado and leads natural dyeing workshops with Blue Hands Art and is Co-Creator of www.WhatDoWeDoNow.art and a new local art collective, Blue Acorn Art Lab.
"Wherever We Walk" :pc:Jonathon Black
