Esper Gaspardi

Esper is a queer Indigenous farmer, and an emerging mixed-media artist from Southern Maine. Traditionally they have aligned themselves publicly with their beadwork and creative writing. At the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico they began to pursue painting, sculpting, and collage. They are heavily influenced by the religious iconography and ancestral stories from their childhood, the southwestern landscape, and the bold forms and colors used by their mentor Jeff Kahm. To always connect with their Indigenous heritage, they attempt to marry old traditional art styles with the modern world to extract their essence for their personal mixed media works. All of their materials are hand me downs, recycled, or found.

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