Crossings Gallery

This exhibition explores how communities can find common ground, rather than tearing each other down. Seeds of Home reflects my time interacting with local nature and neighbors in the Allston-Brighton area of Boston, while also combing through personal memories and family stories of the island of Cyprus. In Cyprus, tensions were stoked between the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities until they could no longer see past their perceived differences, leading to violence, war, displacement, and ultimately forced separation on either side of a buffer zone named the Green Line. Despite sharing a rich history, many similar cultural practices and symbols, and profound love for their beautiful island, both communities lost homes, loved ones, and the parts of their homeland that are now locked behind guarded checkpoints. While Boston hosts the American style melting pot of cultures and varied backgrounds, the nature we have access to in our parks, potted plants on balconies, and greenways along the MBTA Green Line are a shared backdrop to our collective experience of living in this city.