Through a mixed-media presentation including collage, photography, sculpture, embroidery, video and sound, the artists drew on their shared and personal experiences to reveal grief as a nuanced, collective experience.

Though often experienced in isolation, it can be owned and honoured. The collection sought to transcend the weight of grief and shed light on its complex and often unexpectedly pretty forms.

“Your grief belongs to you, and it can be so so pretty” moved from darkness and rigidity to glimmers and softness. The works told stories of layered complexity, abstracted moments in time and space, and the universal need for connection.

In addition to the grief that accompanies death, the work explored the grief of letting go of a past version of oneself, the bitter-sweet grief of nostalgia, the disconnected grief of being an immigrant in another country…and the rituals subconsciously created to integrate it all.