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self reflection<\/em>
8″x10″; photographs, paper, glue, matte gel; 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Carissa Tirado-Marks
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My analog collages are influenced by intuition, my connection to the natural world, and by a desire to participate in the transformative experience of creating something that didn\u2019t exist before. I find the collage process to be a beneficial sensory exercise in self-expression and in rewiring my brain as I learn to embrace the chaos of the world. I love the harmony that can be achieved by combining and arranging photographs, cyanotype, drawings, paintings, and words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BIO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carissa Tirado-Marks is a self-taught, multidisciplinary artist currently living in Silver Spring, Maryland. Carissa\u2019s work reveals personal expressions of memory, complex feelings, and experiences that words alone struggle to capture. She serves as a nature and sustainability educator, a role that directly fuels her artistic drive, and is inspired by human connection and interaction with both the natural and the built world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ARTIST CONTACT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EMAIL<\/a> | WEBSITE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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the world<\/em>
12″x8″; photographs, paper, glue, matte gel; 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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here, there<\/em>
11″x8.5″; photographs, magazine papers, paper, glue, matte gel; 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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blue fairy<\/em>
11″x8.5″; photographs, magazine papers, paper, found cellophane, glue, acrylic paint, matte gel; 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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bloom in this darkness<\/em>
11″x8.5″; photographs, paper, glue, matte gel; 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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