MOTHER TIME: Measuring ourselves within the landscape
MOTHER TIME: Measuring ourselves within the landscape brings together photographers Rachel Cox and Rose Marie Cromwell, whose distinct yet overlapping practices explore the complexities of closeness—emotional, physical, and spatial. Cox turns her lens toward the tenderness and vulnerability found within familial and personal relationships, offering portraits that balance empathy with candor. Cromwell weaves together personal and political narratives, tracing the fluid boundaries between public life and private experience. Together, their works create a dialogue about existing within the varied landscapes of the United States, what it means to witness and to be witnessed, and unveiling intimacy not as a fixed state but as a shifting terrain of connection, memory, and care.
Accompanying the exhibition will be a collaborative artist book created by both artists and curator.
About the Artists
Rachel Cox is a contemporary artist working primarily in the disciplines of image-based media. Her work explores themes of reproduction, mothering, and personal autonomy through photography, printmaking, and historical analog processes. Cox holds an MFA in Photography from the University of New Mexico. Her work has been featured widely in the US and abroad, including the Joslyn Art Museum, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, the Des Moines Art Center, Southeast Museum of Photography, The Belfast International Photography Festival, The Musee del'Elysee (Lausanne, Switzerland), Museo Amparo (Pueblo, Mexico), and Photo London.
Rose Marie Cromwell is a photographer and artist, whose work explores the effects of globalization on the local and the tenuous space between the political and the spiritual. Cromwell makes books, creates dynamic photographic and sculptural installations, and is a filmmaker. She also collaborates with brands and media platforms to tell creative stories and share original narratives.
Above images:
(Left) Rose Marie Cromwell, The Tree, 2025. Archival inkjet print, 50 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
(Right) Rachel Cox, Untitled (the second nest I found), 2026. Silver gelatin print, 32 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
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