Kith and Kin: Solo Exhibition by Allie Horick
Sep 6 – Sep 27 | Opening Reception September 6, 1 PM–9 PM
Public Installation dates - open to the public | Sep 1: 1 PM-5 PM; Sep 2, 3, 4:
6 PM - 7:30 PM; Sep 5: 1 PM - 5 PM
Public De-Installation date - open to the public | Sep 27: 1 PM
COOP is pleased to present Kith and Kin, a solo exhibition by Allie Horick. Kith and Kin is an installation-based exploration of family, death, connection, and impermanence, using soil collected from cemeteries and meaningful places tied to Horick’s ancestry. The exhibition features one soil quilt inspired by a family pattern, alongside the remnants of a prior quilt—now a mixed pile of soils symbolizing entanglement and transformation. Accompanied by maps, photographs, and portraits of each soil sample from collection sites, the installation invites viewers to witness both its creation and de-installation, highlighting themes of entanglement and connection to place. Both this ritual of de-installation, as well as the installation of the quilts (laying of soil), are important parts of the exhibition and open to the public.
This will be Horick’s second soil-based installation in Nashville, and the artist will be present at the installation and de-installation of the exhibition, in addition to the Opening Reception on September 6. The public is invited to Coop Gallery during Public Installation and De-Installation of the exhibition at the dates and times listed above.
More about the Artist
Allie Horick is an interdisciplinary artist and educator living in her hometown of Nashville, TN. Her work explores relationships, both familial and ecological, that reveal complex entanglements between ourselves, others, and the more-than-human world. Through interaction with her work, viewers are encouraged to consider their own entanglements and extended “kin”. Horick earned a BA in Environmental Studies from the University of the South (2015) and an MFA in Visual Art from Watkins College of Art at Belmont University (2022). She has exhibited both nationally and internationally. Her practice utilizes a variety of mediums including, but not limited to, sculpture, installation, photography, video, and mixed-media. She is interested in entanglements, relationality, and permeability as they relate to our place in the world as one of many organisms.