SLIDE FEAT. IVY SOLE — OUT NOW
My name is Vessna Scheff, and I am a producer of marks and sounds.
Through music and watercolors, I tell stories of incredible resourcefulness, strategy, technique, beauty, community, liberation, and love. Celebrating the unsung histories- personally and socially- is at the core of my family story and artistic practice. My work plays with intervals and conversations; in relationships of mark to mark, note to note, tone to texture, breath to brush, and color to sound.
Leaning into language often used to describe both watercolors and Black living, words such as “difficult” and “uncontrollable”, I position the fluid nature in my work as an embrace of full internal liberation. The central use of movement in my practice pushes against the desire to control, and instead positions us to appreciate the glorious sensations of liberation- the swell, the pour; the beat, the splash; the hit, the mark; the tone, the texture—even if they are just for us, and for just a moment. These moments, we hold forever.
To collect, and for press, booking and commissions, please email me at booking@vessnascheff.com.