Tactile Transmissions
Sharon Servilio
Corrine Woodman Gallery
July 28 – August 29, 2026
Meet the Artist during CAW: Thursday, August 20, 5:30 – 7 PM
About the Exhibition
Tactile Transmissions is a participatory installation that invites visitors to touch, hold, and interact with handheld objects that transmit ecological stories through form, pattern, and inscribed diagrams. Embroidered textiles and ceramic sculptures encode interspecies narratives such as pollination, the mycorrhizal system, and the life cycles of organisms. Servilio has watched these processes unfolding in her yard, around Portland, and under a microscope, deepening these observations with research from scientific papers, books, and local nature guides. The forms are inspired by Neolithic and Bronze Age artifacts that dissolve boundaries between domestic and sacred, human and non-human spheres. In the intimate space of the Corrine Woodman gallery, visitors can rest, be immersed, and contemplate our interconnectivity with an abundantly animate world.
About the Artist
Sharon Servilio (she/her, b. 1983, New Jersey) received her BA from Brandeis University and her MFA from American University, with a focus on painting throughout her education. She then spent a formative decade in Queens, NY, where her work evolved into the third dimension as painted paper wall sculpture. She has lived and worked in Portland, OR since 2020, and has recently expanded her practice to include ceramics, textiles, and curation.