Upper Atrium

June 5, 2025 - August, 30, 2025

Yanira Vissepó’s textile paintings are centered around gradient linocuts of native plants and the natural terrain of both her birthplace in the Caribbean Sea and her adopted home in the American South. She uses methods such as stain painting, linoleum cut-outs, and hand embroidery on canvas to portray the rich biodiversity and resilience of botanicals endemic to both Puerto Rico and Tennessee. Through these techniques, she examined the connectivity of plants across these regions, merging flora native to both lands while researching their holistic properties. In doing so, she weaves her own healing process into the diasporic experience.