Wildflowers of Alberta is a large-scale, 370-piece exhibition created in collaboration with the University of Alberta Botanic Garden. Each curtain in the series features a different wildflower species, collectively forming a sweeping survey of Alberta’s ~370 native wildflowers.
The project combines the bold energy of street art with the familiarity of home, using spray paint and airbrushing—techniques often associated with graffiti, speed, and rebellion—applied to curtains, objects bound to domesticity, privacy, and control. In this transformation, curtains shift from passive decoration to active expression, collapsing the boundary between street art and interior space.
In its expanded form, Wildflowers of Alberta not only depicts the province’s flora but also engages in dialogue with the history of textile design. Each curtain reinterprets wildflowers through the lens of different eras, envisioning how they might have appeared if designed in the medieval period, the 1960s, the 1970s, and beyond. This dual perspective—botanical and historical—adds depth to the project, situating Alberta’s natural heritage within broader cultural narratives of pattern, ornament, and design.