Artist Statement
Elokin is a dirty hapa hard femme. You can find her in the garden in high heels, or up to her queerest miniskirt in mud- building homes and turning compost. Food, soil, and seeds inspire Elokin’s artwork and activism, combining to create living structures and edible installations.
- For myself, I am slowly learning to reclaim art as a tool for social change and freedom. Each day I continue to create, to share resources, to try loving deeply, learning respect for the earth and the communities that share this lifetime. It's not always so easy, eh?
I strive to weave my passions into my crafts and creations, hoping to share my experiences in a way others can taste, smell, replicate, and understand, to go on to plant seeds of creativity and resistance together. -Elokin
About the photo- happy memories of bike tour through the Olympic Peninsula. A magnificent ride, highly recommended. As usual, this photo is courtesy of the fabulous Ami Puri. If you're interested, read our tour journal (as yet incomplete):
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/greenglitter
Contact: gardenkids@gmail.com
The Official Resume...
Elokin
Multimedia artist, activist and gardener at heart.
Education
2004 Long Island University, Friends World Program:
BA in Sustainable Development and Design
Group Exhibitions and Productions
2008 Artist, Open Studios, Art Explosion Studio, San Francisco, CA
Artist, New Leaf Art Show, LGBT Center, San Francisco, CA
Artist, 24 Hour Show, Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco, CA
2007 Exhibitor, Berkeley Farmer’s Market Holiday Crafts Fair Berkeley, CA
Actor, Butch Bordello, San Francisco, CA
2005 Actor, The Wink And The Pucker, San Francisco, CA
2004 Artist, Army of She Art Show, San Diego, CA
2003 Illustrator, Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls ….Gender Coloring Book
Workshops
2008 2008 Femme Conference
Cut and Paste Zine-Making Workshop
Chicago, IL
2007 9th annual APAture Festival
Workshop Leader: Compost Your Art- Craft You Can Sprout!
Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA
Street Corner Compost Project
Workshop Leader: Container Gardening Workshop, San Francisco, CA
Tongue To Tongue: Empowering Queer Women of Color Conference Workshop Leader: Greening the Queer Movement, Los Angeles, CA
Curatorial Work
2005 Fusion: Asian & Pacific Islander Performing Arts Nite
Visual and Performing Arts curator, San Diego, CA
2003 Survivors of Colonization Newspaper
Editor, Eugene, OR
Current Projects
Craft Corner Facilitator for Women Trans and Femme (WTF) Nite
Monthly event at the Bike Kitchen
APAture Festival 2008 Core Group Member
Performance and Workshops Committee
QWOCMAP 4th Annual Queer Women of Color FestivalTeam Member In-Kind Donation and Venue Crew