04/29/2026
In 𝕄𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣/𝕍𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕝, and .shulman present precarious sculptures and photographic assemblages exploring the everyday terrain of care — its joys and discomforts, its structures and collapses. Their work makes visible the labor of parenting, and reaches into the maternal body as a site of transformation: growth, loss, and the fetal cells that cross the placenta and remain in the body for a lifetime.
Eleanor Oakes is a photographic artist based in Detroit whose practice explores bodily, spatial, and geologic memory through a feminist lens. She is Assistant Professor of Photography at the College for Creative Studies and founder of Darkroom Detroit, a nonprofit expanding access to photography in the city. Her work has been exhibited internationally at venues including the Houston Center for Photography, Silver Eye Center for Photography, and Wasserman Projects. She holds an MFA from Stanford University and a BA from Princeton University.
Katie Shulman is a textile-based sculptor based in Detroit whose work combines wire, found objects, and fabric to engage themes of pregnancy, miscarriage, identity, and bodily autonomy. She is an arts administrator and educator, and founder of Fiber Club*, a network of artists and creative practitioners across Southeast Michigan. Her work has been exhibited at venues including Urban Glass in Brooklyn and the Everson Museum in Syracuse. She holds an MFA from Syracuse University and a BFA from the University of Michigan.
River House Arts is honored to present this important exhibition opening Mother’s Day weekend.
