08/14/2026
“Carolina Caycedo: Growing Deep Roots” will open Wednesday, September 9, at the Kemper Art Museum.
A solo exhibition of new and recent work by the Los Angeles–based Colombian artist Carolina Caycedo, the exhibition brings together sculpture, drawings, prints, and videos that address the interrelated issues of water and land stewardship and just energy transition.
Drawing on environmental justice frameworks, traditional knowledge systems, and ecofeminism, Caycedo’s multidisciplinary artistic practice challenges viewers to understand nature not as a resource to be exploited, but as a living entity to which we are deeply accountable.
The exhibition is curated by Meredith Malone, the Nancy and Kenneth Kranzberg Curator and senior curator at the Kemper Art Museum.
Concurrently, on September 10, Caycedo will debut a related work, “Fiesta de las Raíces,” a new commission for “Counterpublic 2026: Coyote Time,” a triennial exhibition featuring fifty new commissions throughout the St. Louis region.
Images:
Carolina Caycedo, detail of “Prairie Root Portrait 1,” 2026. Relief print from paracord, sisal, jute, climbing, and cotton rope on dyed Evolon paper, 108 1/2 x 54 in. Courtesy of the artist and Island Press. Photo by Carol Green.
Carolina Caycedo, detail of “Complex, Nutty, and Slightly Sweet: I Am Kernza,” 2026. Colored pencil on paper, 30 x 30 in. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Chris Young.
Carolina Caycedo, detail of “Elwha’s Healing,” 2022/2026. Satellite photocollage wallpaper, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Carolina Caycedo, “Celestial Autonomy, the Dance of Big Dipper and North Star,” 2023. 8 dipnets, metal structure, recycled buoys, fishing lures, fishing rod, recycled nylon nets, glass buoys, and rope, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view, “How to Survive,” Anchorage Museum, October 6, 2023–January 19, 2025. Courtesy of Anchorage Museum.
Carolina Caycedo, detail of “Molybdenum Intensive,” 2026. Colored pencil and variegated metal leaf on paper, 35 x 35 in. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Ruben Diaz.
