Regin Igloria

Mid-day Meditations for May

Solo Exhibition – Cultivator at Bray Grove Farm

Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2026, 2-5pm

Cultivator is pleased to present Regin Igloria’s exhibition Mid-day Meditations for May during Bray Grove Farm’s Spring Farm Day. This exhibition coincides with Karen Azarnia’s exhibition with Cultivator.

Please rsvp to join us on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25th from 2-5pm for art, conversation, light refreshments, and an afternoon on our small holistic farm. You can drop in anytime between 2-5pm. We are tentatively scheduling a short tour of the farm with Brian and Joanne at 3pm. Bray Grove Farm is located 70 miles southwest of Chicago in Grundy County. To confirm your attendance and receive directions and parking information, kindly email joanne@cultivatorarts.com.

Regin Igloria presents a series of site-specific dioramas reflecting on his relationship to a moving landscape. The works depict moments within a timeframe of tumult and peace using collage and digital images. In addition, a portion of his Spider Plant Farm and Hospital will be featured.

He writes “The plants come from one original parent plant that my mother had given me; one of many (including a Christmas cactus, a Sansevieria, an Easter Lily, and a few others) that have followed me to various places I’ve lived.

I’ve been propagating the spider plants for a while now and decided to offer them to friends and people who were interested in them. Like most of my projects, it started out with a different intention: I meant to give away a small potted plant at my mother’s funeral, along with a small artists’ book, but it didn’t happen (I’ve since tried to give myself a break about the lapse). It may never be completed, just like grief never disappears. I’m still working on the book and it’s now become part of a series that pay homage to all of the house plants she’s cared for, given away, and made a part of peoples’ lives.

This style of plant, with the multiple shards extruding from the base, have recently been incorporated into several drawings and sketches. Formally, they aren’t very pleasing to draw. I don’t find it particularly enjoyable to illustrate the forms in ink but when they are healthy and next to each other in groups, they always offer me a sense of immediate vibrancy.”

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Regin Igloria (born 1974 Manila, Philippines) is a multidisciplinary artist and educator based in the Chicagoland area. His drawings, artists’ books, sculptures, and performances portray the human condition as it relates to the natural environment and inhabited spaces. In 2010 he founded North Branch Projects, an organization that builds connections through the book arts. He works with various communities to create crossover between disparate populations. Igloria has taught at places such as Marwen, RISD, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Snow City Arts, and Carthage College. He received a 3Arts Next Level Artist Award as well as local, national, and international grants, support through artist residencies, and has exhibited internationally. He received his MFA from Rhode Island School of Design.
https://www.reginigloria.net

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Please rsvp to join us on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25th from 2-5pm for art, conversation, light refreshments, and an afternoon on the farm. You can drop in anytime between 2-5pm. We are tentatively scheduling a tour of the farm with Brian and Joanne at 3pm. Bray Grove Farm is located 70 miles southwest of Chicago in Grundy County. Children are welcome, however pets are not allowed as the well-being of our farm animals is of concern. Bray Grove Farm is a no-smoking site. To confirm your attendance and receive directions and parking information, kindly email.

https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Regin-Igloria.php

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