Snow Mandala by Beili Liu for the Buddha / Nature exhibit at The Museum of Fine Arts Houston. This piece consisted of two works, a visual of Liu sitting silently in the Artic Circle, stitching a single red thread across mulberry paper.
"Arctic Mending / Snow Mandala was performed in five different locations in Arctic Norway in the Spring of 2022. From the snowing‑falling Tromsdalen valley to the open tundra of the Sámi heartland, to the rocky shore of the northernmost archipelago of Svalbard, I sat in the snow covered landscape and sewed in silence. The large sheet of mulberry paper had been stuffed in my backpack, carried from one place to another, laid on snow, sewn on and again. It became soft, moistened by snow melted by my body heat at each site, and laden with wrinkles, stains, and accumulated stitches. Arctic Mending / Snow Mandala is an offering to the Arctic landscape and its profound loss and sorrow, in hope for healing for the landscape and all beings within."
- Beili Liu Website
Beili Liu is a Chinese-born US-based visual artist who makes large-scale, process-driven sculptural environments that examine themes of migr
