The Confluence Tarot
by simiya sudduth
Exhibition Dates: May to November 2025
Location: Post-Security, Concourse West Wall
simiya sudduth’s ongoing tarot card-based illustration series: The Confluence Tarot explores the histories, cultures, systems, institutions, landscapes, and diverse living beings of the Mississippi River watershed: past, present, and future. The Mississippi River Valley, with its fertile soils and flowing waters, is both a source of life and a site of profound trauma. The Confluence Tarot, heavily inspired by the classic Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck, carries with it the complexities and contradictions of the Mississippi River—its ebb and flow; fertile abundance and decimation; and its powers of creation, destruction and resistance. The Confluence Tarot is an attempt to encapsulate these stories and the elements of resistance and resilience, creating a tool for liberation and reclaiming power in the face of exploitation. The artist states, “This work serves as an offering to the Land, Ancestors, and Beings within the spaces of the great Mississippi River.”
About the Artist: simiya sudduth
simiya is a Black + Indigenous mother, transdisciplinary artist and educator whose work explores the intersections of healing, ecology, social justice, and spirituality. simiya’s lived experience directly contributes to their interest in creating work that explores labor, healing, care, rest, and spirituality, and challenging systems of oppression. Their expansive creative practice ranges from digital illustration to designing and painting murals to experimental sound healing performances.
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