RAY MADRIGAL MAKES THINGS SOMETIMES

"Schools of Salmon Creek invites you to Salamander Shoe, a presentation of works created over the course of 7 weeks on the land by:

Anaïs Cooper-Hackman

Kylie Kiyomi Obermeier

Matthew Morrocco

Miles Jopling

Mis(a) Chhan

Ray Madrigal

Join us at Big River Beach on Oct. 15, 5-8 pm, for experiments across mediums interwoven between sand, driftwood and waves.

Favored Chair

from Hermetic

Vacuum sealed plastic, graphite on paper, mylar emergency blanket, thread

13 x 12"

2025

Shell Held Still

from Hermetic

Partial abalone shell, tule, cotton, thread

18 x 18 ¾ x 5 ¾"

2025

Moonlight

from Hermetic

Vacuum sealed plastic, graphite on paper, abalone, felt carpet pad

17 x 13 "

2025

Hermetic

Installation of work made at Schools of Salmon Creek, Albion, CA

2025

Neighbors’ Fences

Eight wrought iron fence toppers, pine

144 ¾ x 19 ½ x 7 ¼”

2024 - present

Got unloved produce haunting your fridge? Bring those lonely veggies (or just an empty belly) to ACRE Projects on Friday, February 28 for the closing of Ray Madrigal: I Am A Thing That Holds Something Else.

Ingredients will be received from 6:30 - 7:00pm and served in soup form at 7:30pm, followed by an artist talk at 8:00pm.

Spare

Hide-a-key, miniatures

3 ½ x 2 ¼ x 1”

2025

Everything You Need

Acrylic on stretched bedsheet

36 x 48”

2024 - present

Aftercare

Brick, needles, cotton, polyfill, hair

13 x 7 x 6”

2025

I Am A Thing That Holds Something Else

ACRE Projects, Chicago, IL

January 17 – February 28, 2025

Cage in a Cage in a Cage (excerpt)

Found images, screen, chain, hardware

Roughly 120 x 16 ½"

2025

As seen during the installation of I Am A Thing That Holds Something Else, ACRE Projects, Chicago 2025