Faces of Time

Original

11"" x 17"", on 21mil Epson Cold Press Natural paper.

Echikson’s work weaves threads of memory, seamlessly blending past and present in a playful restoration and mending of imagery from the artist’s world. Echikson's creations serve up a rollercoaster of emotions, like a slide projector automatically advancing from image to image: humor, horror, rage, and fashion collide and are threaded together into these ever-oscillating feelings. Echikson’s works move through time and space to touch upon the gilded peaks of immortality, all while embracing the whimsy and innocence of their own inner-child.

Here Sometimes offers a captivating escape, beckoning viewers into the realm of daydreamers. Echikson's illustrations serve as portals into their own waking existence, seamlessly merging reality with a meticulously crafted realm nurtured since childhood. Echikson transports the viewer to a new place with its own lifeblood fueled by comics, friendship and memory. The exhibition pays tribute to the artist's enduring appreciation of friends and individuals who have come in and out of the artist's life, embracing those little abandonments and departures that lead to new paths and transformation.

Eileen Wolf Echikson is a self-taught artist based in Philadelphia. Eileen has completed work for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, World Cafe Live, Vans Shoes, and Philadelphia-based musician Sad13. Their comics have been featured in the 2022 Brooklyn Art Book Fair, Philly Zine Fest and Partners and Son’s annual Philly Comics Expo, and their work has been shown in galleries such as Space 1026, Fairmount House, and Paradigm Gallery. Being Work is Eileen's first book-length illustration project. They are currently pursuing librarianship."