Past Exhibit
24 Blooms & 24 Recipes: A solo exhibition by Maria Schechter
August 23 2024 – October 4 2024
Maria Schechter is a bio-artist inspired by Hildegard of Bingen and the natural world. Using foraged botanical palettes informed by the High Middle Ages, she also utilizes mycelium and clay as her primary medium. Schechter shapes her works using living and natural materials. Maria grows her paintings and her sculptures using a mycelium composite as her main medium. Her recent work showcased with the Minnetrista Museum and Gardens in Muncie, IN. Maria teaches workshops on botanical painting and mycelium as a medium. She lives in Bloomington, IN with her husband and 5 animals.
Maria’s work won first place in Ignite Studio’s third annual installment of “The 700 Collection”, a juried exhibit. She is also active participant at Ignite through teaching botanical painting workshops in August 2024. This collection of botanical dye paintings include ingredients native to Hamilton County.
