Bridge Through Troubled Waters

Sachi Rome
Rescheduled due to weather
January 31, 2025 – March 22, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday, January 31, 2025 5:00-7:00 PM
Exhibition Statement
Bridge Through Troubled Waters explores notions of safety and rest as acts of resistance, which serve as the foundation for this collection of paintings, textiles, sculptures, and installations. Rome creates portals to a utopia, a transformative space.
Ultimately, Bridge Through Troubled Waters offers more than an aesthetic experience; it provides a sanctuary— one that aligns with Audre Lorde’s assertion that “caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare” (A Burst of Light, 1988). In this sacred space, Rome’s work becomes a talisman for hope, healing, and rest, urging viewers to envision a world where individuals thrive in unencumbered freedom.
Artist Statement
Through layered abstractions, Rome’s deconstructed paintings explore liminal spaces, engaging the “in-between” as a site of possibility. Her use of clay— grounded in the southern landscape— creates a visual metaphor for the layered histories of the South, where generational trauma and resilience coexist. By merging color, texture, and found materials, Rome constructs a conversation between the spiritual realm and hereditary memory, inviting viewers to meditate on the thresholds between the tangible and intangible, the historical and the imagined.
Artist Bio
Sachi Rome is a multidisciplinary artist and educator from Atlanta, Georgia, where she resides. Her work focuses on vibrant, richly textured abstractions. Her primary mediums are acrylic and handmade paints, diamond dust, and Georgia red clay. She activates the alchemy of these materials to create safe sacred spaces, conversations with the spiritual realm, and generational hereditary memory.
Rome has exhibited at The University of Southern Mississippi Museum, Hammonds House Museum, Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking, and Kennesaw University among others. Rome’s work is held in multiple public and private collections throughout the United States. Her artwork and poetry are included in the book, Shifting Time: African American Artists 2020-2022, co-edited by Klare Scarborough and Berrisford Boothe. This anthology explores the art of over 70 nationally known African American artists.

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