MARY ADDISON HACKETT — THE TENDER

Since moving to Joshua Tree a year ago, Atlanta-born Hackett has been monitoring her progress as she learns to adapt to this environment. Using dead flora and human artifacts found on her property she constructed “ground nests” that function as habitats for desert creatures. The Tender is a series of short vignettes, sometimes humorous and sometimes poetic, documenting her adaptation to the desert and housed in a “nest”. Hackett works primarily in painting and film/video and has exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, Prague and Rome. She holds an MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Artist website: maryaddisonhackett.com