Exhibitions

YANIRA VISSEPÓ: OUR LOVE IS A SHADY GARDEN

Sheet Cake Gallery / 405 Monroe Ave. November 1 - 23rd

Yanira Vissepó

Yanira Vissepó is a Puerto Rican artist and educator living and working in Nashville, TN. She is a self taught artist creating vibrant collaged textile paintings using techniques such as, stain painting, printmaking, cyanotype, dye resists, and hand embroidery. Vissepo’s work is ever evolving and she enjoys expanding her horizons by not restricting herself to a specific medium. Her work is heavily influenced by her experience of living in the Puerto Rican diaspora and examines the rich biodiversity of her culture through the natural world.

Vissepo has shown in Nashville, TN at Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery, Lipscomb
University, ZieherSmith, 21c Museum, Open Gallery, and has had solo shows at Elephant Gallery, The Electric Shed, Fort Houston and Coop Gallery. In 2019 she studied traditional woodblock printmaking at The International School of Mokuhanga, Japan. Vissepo has taught at the Frist Museum and the Nashville Public Library.