the creative collaboration of
Sea Zeda & Michelle Lea Tift
Fundamental Force, 2023
Structures have a tendency to point toward the observer, 2023
Binary Star, 2023
20,000 Leagues, 2023
Future Fossils, 2023
We do not dream of labor, 2022
Dreams of accountability, thriving, wonderment
Sleeps the sleep of the just
We do not dream of labor.
Choices I made when wide asleep, 2022
Compassion or Revenge, 2022
CUNTquistador, 2022
We wave a white flag not to surrender,
rather to signal we are here to reclaim
and set free what has been dominated.
Our bodies. Mother Earth.
Join us under the banner of our resolve.
It’s intentional not a flailing accident, 2022
Bulge, 2022
Desired Perceptions, 2022
Un-named (monolith), 2022
Disassociations, 2022
A Shared Emotional Experience, 2022
We wear each other’s vision of ourselves/I love you, I want for you & I want for me/We could have been chaos/Thank you for not showing up/To hold my meaning loosely in my hands/You hold your meaning above all/I win. We both lose/When the path is unclear, find your breath/It will return you home/To make ourselves together
It took me thirty years to understand, 2022
Someone else could do this better, 2022
Stay Gold Pony Boy, 2022
State of Flow, 2022
Attic Portrait is a collaborative creative practice by Michelle Lea Tift and Sea Zeda that explores the intersection of personal and societal expectations through multimedia art. Their work spans soft sculptures, installations, and digital performances, using textiles as a central medium to delve into their inner selves. Techniques such as pinching, binding, projecting, and exposing are employed to honor the complexities of an integrated life, reflecting the tension between abstraction and representation.
Zeda holds a B.F.A. from Pratt Institute, while Tift has a B.A. from Hunter College, CUNY.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
- Liminal Space, Glass Outhouse Gallery, Twentynine Palms, CA
2022
- We do not dream of labor, Ground Floor Junction, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP SHOWS
2024
- 312 Broadway an Open Studio Project, New York City, NY
2023
- Open Call: Apophenia, LA Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- IOS 14, curated by Carmen Acosta, Project Space Gallery, Inglewood, CA
- Goddesses and Monsters, curated by The Association of Hysteric Curators, Ladies Room, Los Angeles, CA
2022
- IOS Video, curated by Inglewood Open Studios, The Miracle Theatre, Inglewood, CA
- IOS 13, curated by Carmen Acosta, Project Space Gallery, Inglewood, CA
- Cirque Du Sanity, Pop Up Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2024
- Guest Lecturer, Networking, Building Your Community, and How Community Can Grow After College, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
PRESS
2024
- Canvas Rebel, Meet Michelle Tift
- Bold Journey, Meet Sea Zeda
- Shoutout LA, ‘Meet Attic Portrait | Collaborative Multimedia Artist Duo’
2022
