Infinite

Artist Statement

How to survive silence after living in a storm? When you can finally stand, what does it mean to ‘find peace’? What does it look like, in practice, to be free?

These three works, entitled ""Moment of Silence"", ""Becoming"", and “Infinite”, follow a personal journey through psychological and bodily trauma. Of searching, grasping, and at times collapsing under the weight of emotional pain, politicized existence and social identity. Of finding truth in liminality; manifesting acceptance and grace, in each thought and action, in every moment, and every day.

Through abstract interplays of light, shadow, line and form, I attempt to capture the rich complexity of our experience on Earth, and interrogate our volatile relationship to the universe of unknowns. I hope to inspire comfort and solidarity as we move in our shared journeys of struggle, growth, and surrender.

SHANI SHIH (she/they)

Shani Shih is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Washington DC. They work primarily in painting, illustration, and public art, and draws heavy influence from hip-hop and graffiti. With compositions featuring expressive figures intertwined with themes of nature and industrialism, her work speaks to visceral emotional and bodily experience, the complexity of our inner worlds, and the brutal social systems that so powerfully shape our lives.