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BREATH BETWEEN SEEDS

Earthcodes: The Breath Between Seeds (2024) is a living installation exploring the intertwined themes of extraction and renewal. For Hayes, plants are living artifacts, embedded in ancestral memory. This work mirrors the dual narrative of cotton and cowpeas: a story of exploitation alongside generational healing and regeneration.

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BETWEEN MEMORY & MAGIC

Hand-dyed textiles, each layered with botanical codes and cultural archival narratives. The pigments used—Kola Nut, Indigo, Oak Galls, and Black Walnut Hulls—are deeply embedded in rituals of renewal, resistance, and ancestral memory.

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COLLABORATIONS

Earthcodes: bespoke collection of hand-dyed cotton bandanas using natural dyes.This range explored the alchemy of indigo, metals, and petals, capturing the dynamic interactions between plant-based pigments and shifting of colours with metal. Each bandana was one-of-a-kind, featuring unique dye patterns shaped by the organic process of natural dyeing.

The collection is available online and in-store.

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IN CONVERSATION

Interviews, Panel Talks ...

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/ 2024
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WORKSHOPS

Gianna has worked with a range of spaces including, galleries, outdoor gardens and community organisations such as: Art Gallery of NSW, Museum Of Contemporay Art (MCA), Powerhouse, Team Building Compamy Workshops & Local Councils.

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ELEMENTS OF RENEWAL

Los Angeles, California

Elements of Renewal is a group exhibition centering works that breathe new life into raw forms. Conceived as a multisensory experience, the show transports viewers into a space filled with materials and sounds commemorating California’s landscape and atmospheric forces.

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BLUE AS A GRAVEYARD

Blue as survival.

Blue as a graveyard for black voices.

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BLUE BLOOD

Blue Blood (2021) she explores the hidden commodity of Indigo dye within the Transatlatic Slave Trade; the plant pigment rooted in black resilience. Indigo is a plant pigment native to West Africa and beyond, which became a cash crop that fueled the African slave trade in the United States.

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/2023
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THE HARVEST

In partnership with shocased at Kaukau Gallery & Concept Store in New Zealand.

You can find the collection here. [ Currenly SOLD OUT ]

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