What do you claim? by Adi Segal

On Display September 3rd through 27th, 2024

ZygiFelix by Adi Segal

Adi Segal Bio:

Adi Segal is a multi-disciplinary artist investigating cultural identity and context through experimental screenprinting, mixed media, and community art projects. She holds a Masters in Social Work from Fordham University, a BFA from SUNY Purchase, and a BA in Education Studies and History of Art and Architecture from Brown University. Adi has worked as an artist, art teacher, and community art facilitator in many different communities around the world including central Washington state; Cork, Ireland; and Lilongwe, Malawi. Past artist residencies include Frans Masareel Centrum/Belgium, SiM/Iceland, and Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center/USA.

Adi is a former CHAW art teacher and outreach workshop teacher, as well as former CHAW parent. She coordinated the 2022 CHAW online art fundraiser, and continues to be involved with Serve Your City/Ward 6 Mutual Aid.

Adi currently lives in Washington DC, and maintains a studio at Red Dirt Studios in Mt. Rainier, MD.

Artist Statement:

I am a visual artist working at the intersection of art and community. My work centers around cultural identity, context, and the perception of identity. I use experimental screenprinting techniques, paper folding, and mixed media to visualize abstract questions. My art practice also includes illuminated window installations which use text and color to engage in current events.

I am currently exploring generational identity. My family, like many today, is scattered across space, race, religion, and culture. I am a first-generation American of parents from disparate worlds, and a mother of two. Where am I really from? What do I claim? And how do I share it with the next generation?

I am investigating these questions grounded in the paper-folding games my Polish grandfather made for me. Combining their sequencing patterns with the language of Gee’s Bend quilts, color theory, and personal history, I am actively connecting my family’s layered identities.