Origins is on view November 7th-November 26th in Speck Gallery at the Harrison Center.

“Not always aware of what is being painted until a title or a life settles, Binkerd uses language as a tool to understand where her work is heading. She uses this language as a decision-making tool, bringing out the subconscious. 

While not directly focusing on where we come from, Binkerd cannot help but embrace the ideas that come with exploring mortality, particularly the cycles and dichotomies that come from this exploration. For much of the work in this show, she explores decay/life, joy/grief, lamentation, and the complexities that come from nature and the transfer of energy from that comes from the process of rejuvenation and creation. 

-Laurence Apple, 2025