Look What I Made | LIV COOK

Name: Look What I Made | LIV COOK
Start: 2025-09-06T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Gasper Arts Center

Schedule

Sat, 06 Sep, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Gasper Arts Center | Dania, FL

LOOK WHAT I MADE
Debut Solo Exhibition by Liv Cook
Gasper Arts Center | Dania Beach, FL
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 6, 2025
Closing Reception: Saturday, October 4, 2025
Featured Collab Artists:
Kelcie McQuaid @kelciemcquaid
Laura Atria @laura_atria_art
Cary Daly @daly.cary
Sarah E Huang @sarahehuang
Symphonii Smith-Kennedy @sympaima
Amanda Covach @amandacovachart
Hydee Mustelier @hi__d
Fidel Perez @itsfidsworld
Ates Isildak @strangewaave
CHNK Fondue @chnkfondue
Gregory Dirr @gregorydirr
Curated by @kelciemcquaid
Presented by @shangrilacollective + @gasperartscenter
Made possible with support from the Broward County Cultural Division (@browardarts)
This exhibition invites viewers to consider how early creative instincts inform artistic identity and how collaboration can serve as a site of affirmation.
Interdisciplinary artist Liv Cook presents her debut solo exhibition, Look What I Made—an investigation into identity, personal transformation, and the preservation of childhood imagination. Supported by the Broward County Cultural Division’s Artist Support Grant, this new body of work marks a pivotal evolution in Cook’s practice, blending autobiographical reflection with collaborative exchange.
Central to the exhibition is a series of eleven mixed-media portraits. Each begins with Cook’s depiction of a collaborator as a young child, drawn from a baby photograph. The canvas is then handed off to that artist to complete the background, allowing their present-day visual language to enter into conversation with their early likeness. This collaborative structure creates layered portraits that merge individual pasts with contemporary creative identities.
The exhibition also features a selection of recreated works from Cook’s own childhood, reimagined through the lens of her current practice. Together, these works invite viewers to consider the ways in which artistic identity is shaped, preserved, and transformed over time.
Presented by ShangriLa Collective. Curated by Kelcie McQuaid. Media Support by Purehoney Magazine. Made possible with support from the Broward County Cultural Division.