Food and Beyond, Beyond Food

**_Food and Beyond, Beyond Food_** is a group exhibition that connects four female artists from different cultural backgrounds through the idea of food and nourishment. Curated by Narsiso Martinez, the show features works by **Andrea Bersaglieri, Ashley Jose-Isip, Jessy Slim,** and **Karen Tepaz**. The show will run concurrently with Narsiso Martinez's solo exhibition _"Eat Happy_. Andrea Bersaglieri's black and white large charcoal drawings of soil remind us that fertile land is not forever, and that we need to take care of it so that in return, it can continue nourishing us. Jessy Slim's usage of chickpeas as "paint" not only reminds the viewer that art materials can come from the least expected sources, the chickpea "paint" also helps her cope with nostalgia for her homeland in Lebanon. Ashley Jose-Isip references a multiplicity of elements like fast food restaurants, artificial sweets, and plates to explore the Filipino-American identity. She questions the artificiality of what we put in our bodies and impermanence of our surroundings. Karen Tepaz's abstract and organic shaped ceramic sculptures allude to motherhood and nourishment. These artists, individually, have their own perspectives and practices, but what is similar is their emphasis on the subject of nourishment in many ways beyond food.