White stone skull sculpture adorned with white flowers and greenery in a garden bed

Death Bloom Residency

Death Bloom Collective is a group of six Canadian artists: Rocio Graham, Winona Julian, Jess Richter, Valerie Salez, Katie Wackett, and Claudia Chagoya. Although we work in many different artistic disciplines, themes of death, grieving, loss and healing are a part of all of our artistic practices. We created this collective because we believe that by sharing our work and our message we can inspire connection, growth and healing for ourselves and members of our community.

IG @deathbloomcollective

The Artists

Collage featuring a bespectacled woman in a floral dress beside an ornate taxidermy skull display, surrounded by greenery and flowers.

Claudia Chagoya

claudiachagoya.com

Split collage labeled “birth” and “less alive,” featuring a woman in a black outfit with red ribbons and a figure in a red outfit with a grass-covered head standing in snow.

Jess Richter

jessrichterprints.com

Collage labeled “death bloom” and “new growth,” showing a person planting flowers beside a charred tree trunk and fresh green seedlings growing from burned soil.

Rocio Graham

rociograhamstudio.com

Surreal dark art collage showing a flower-covered black figure in a grave beside a pale mannequin head, flowers, bones, and stylized gothic text.

Valerie Salez

valeriesalez.com

Gothic collage featuring a heavily made-up person with dark lipstick and a floral scarf beside a blue antique clock, surrounded by flowers and labeled “death” and “divine life.”

Winona Julian

winonajulian.com

Portrait of artist Livia Loken alongside a gallery exhibition tour, with floral background and “Death Bloom” text

Katie Wackett

@katiewackett