Resistance and Resilience

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An Art exhibit for National Nurses United’s 2025 Global Nurses Solidarity Assembly

This juried exhibition features the compelling work of 30 artists from across the country whose work embodies the themes of resistance and resilience. Their diverse work addresses a range of issues: labor rights, environmental health, human rights, mental health, civil rights for disabled people, and more.

“Everything is at stake for our patients, our families, our communities, and our planet. But we can take solace in the fact that union nurses can so easily dream about a better way forward because we are already living that better way, centering care in everything we do. The powerful work in this exhibit echoes the resistance and the resilience we already embody in our workplaces and our communities — every single day.”

—Puneet Maharaj, Executive Director, National Nurses United

Tragic Prelude, Tribute to Judi Bari, 2023-2024, scratchboard, 36” x 120”

Tragic Prelude, Tribute to Judi Bari (2023-2024)
Scratchboard, 36” x 120
Jos Sances

 

Artwork

Outside Delano (2023)
Linoleum block print, 12”x 12”
Patricia Miye Wakida

 

Artwork

Shredded Paris Agreement (2019)
Acrylic and ink on panel, 36” x 36”
Laura Hapka

 

Artwork

How Fast is the Current We’re In? (2024)
Collage of photo fragments and acrylic paint, 18” x 16”
Barbara Milot

 

I’ll save the forks for you (2024)
Acrylic, stain on wood panel, 40” x 30”
Patricia April Werle

 

Masks Save Lives (2024)
Digital illustration, 20” x 16”
Cozcon

 

Frontline Nurse (2025)
Fine art archival print, 20” x 16”
Terrance Cummings

 

Resilience (2025)
Paper cut, 22” x 18”
Ellen Bepp

 

UNMASK TRUTH (2025)
Bronze, found object, 11” x 8” x 2”
Reiko Fujii

 

Fossilized Rainbow Museum Mount (2024)
Mixed media, 6” x 19” x 23”
Wanda Seamster

 

Nasty Liberty (2017)
Screenprint, 17” x 203/4”
Ester Hernandez

 

The Resilience Cycle (2025)
Appliqué quilted embroidery in bas-relief,
13” x 20” x 4”
Yeu Q Nguyen

 

We All Play a Role (2024)
Linocut on stonehenge paper,
Miguel Lopez

 

Dragons Against Dictators (2024)
Gouache on paper, 14” x 11”
Tori Hong

 

Democracy Is a Practice (2019)
Digital, 24” x 18”
Rommy Torrico

 

Yousef, Ahmed, and Hind (2025)
Watercolor, gouache, and ink on hot-press watercolor paper,
18 ¼” x 12 ½”
Fernando Martí

 

 

Tule Lake Pilgrimage (2025)
Monoprint mixed media artist book,
shells, wood, book closed: 5” x 6” x 11/2””
Shari Arai DeBoer

 

What Feels Like Forever (2024)
Quilting cotton, upcycled faux velvet,
cotton batting, cotton thread, acrylic paint,
36 ½” x 18 ½”
Kay Ingulli

 

The Secret Dialogue (2022)
Eust and acrylics on canvas, 36” x 18”
Salma Arastu

 

Prayers for the Land (2025)
Digital photography, 17” x 11”
Ashley Salaz

 

Civil Rights Are Not Given (2021)
Digital collage, giclée print, 17” x 11”
Kate DeCiccio

 

Free at Last (2025)
Mixed media, 26” x 20”
Calixto Robles

 

Mending: Resilience (2023)
Clay, “gold,” 16” x 12” x 8”
Lorraine Bonner

 

Untitled (Gaza 1) (2024)
Charcoal, collage, 36” x 24”
Chanika Svetvilas

 

Frida Reflection (2025)
Mixed media, 27” x 21”
Juan Varela

 

Lean on Me (2024)
Wood crutches and cotton flags,
68” x 12” x 1”
Brian Singer

 

Braid and Chinola (2025)
Oil and gold leaf on panel, 27 ½” x 5 ⅛”
Eden Attar

 

Thope, past, present, and future (2024)
Mixed media, found objects, 32” x 14”
Truong Tran

 

Garment Worker Solidarity Banner (2023)
Parts of used clothing, embroidery floss, thread,
and wooden dowel, 36” x 46”
Rachel Breen

Healing Her Ancestors (2022)
Photographic print, 16” x 20”
Roxann Murray