Daris Garnes

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 Daris Garnes is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose practice lives at the intersection of painting, storytelling, and community participation. Her work centers on the idea that art is not only an object, but an experience — a shared space where memory, identity, and lived history are gathered and made visible.

Through layered abstraction, symbolic imagery, and collaborative processes, Garnes builds visual environments that invite viewers to slow down and recognize themselves within the work. Color, gesture, and mark-making function as emotional language, while narrative elements emerge through collected voices, personal reflection, and collective exchange. Rather than presenting fixed meanings, her paintings act as catalysts — prompting conversation, introspection, and connection.

A significant part of her practice extends beyond the canvas. Workshops, guided creative exercises, and participatory projects form an essential component of her studio approach, allowing communities to contribute to the creative process and see their stories reflected back to them. These engagements transform authorship into collaboration, expanding art from individual expression into shared cultural memory.

Garnes’ work ultimately explores how creativity can operate as a form of gathering — bridging generations, experiences, and perspectives — and proposes art as a living dialogue between artist, viewer, and community.