Exhibition Opening: Tessa Hoenig, BLOAT

Tessa Hoenig’s exhibition, BLOAT, celebrates the conclusion of her time as Resident Artist at The Clay Studio of Missoula. Since arriving at the Clay Studio, Tessa has seemed to make work out of anything but clay, and is excited to present her first collection of multimedia works.
Tessa’s most recent work investigates personal questions surrounding food and consumerism. Each person has been taught specific values regarding food, and thus has certain baggage relating to food. Food is irreconcilably wrapped up in money, profit, and insecurity. It is thus inherently at the whims of industry, which has little sympathy for the environment and the worker. Food is also inseparable from issues of convenience, eating disorders, and mental health. How should humans make practical decisions regarding how to eat, without inherently hurting something, someone, or even themselves?