Shadow Bloom
Elisabeth Belliveau + Darrell Spearman

Shadow Bloom explores the delicate interplay between light and darkness, growth and stillness, through the works of artists Elisabeth Belliveau and Darrell Spearman. It asks what life becomes when we delight in subtle moments rather than conventional notions of success—when we honor growth even when it seems invisible and intangible, like the quiet yet profound transformations embodied in flowers that emerge, evolve, and reshape their surrounding landscape.

Belliveau's kinetic sculptures manifest as abstract mother(ing) forms that transcend traditional identities. Her suspended mobiles and tabletop pieces embody the rhythms of caring, resting, playing, and maintaining balance. Drawing inspiration from formalist sculpture, Ikebana flower arranging, and her experiences of motherhood, Belliveau collaborates with her two-year-old son to create works that engage children and adults alike in contemporary abstract art through processes of balance, play, and material experimentation.

In conversation with these sculptural forms, Spearman's poetry offers moments of quiet contemplation. As a multidisciplinary artist from Brooklyn practicing writing and dance, Spearman uses flora as metaphors to confront and comfort difficult feelings, honoring the process of unraveling. His collected poems explore change—its complexities, pain, healing, and beautiful simplicities—like the weeds, thorns, buds, and blooms that inhabit gardens.

Both artists observe power in moments of hope, balance, and playfulness. Their work exists in the tension between positive and negative space, between light and shadow. Through this exhibition, they invite us to pay attention to the unseeable, to offer compassion to ourselves and others, and to slip into tenderness.

Poetry Albums - Darrell Spearman