Tulika Ladsariya: Sunprints with Nature
@ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 West Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Saturday, August 22nd, from 3PM - 4:30PM
On view through Sunday, September 6th
Making postcards with Cyanotypes & Ink: Sunprints with Nature with Tulika Ladsariya
Saturday, August 22
3-4 pm
Explore the art of cyanotype, an early photographic process that uses sunlight to create luminous blue-and-white images. Participants will make postcards, working with leaves, flowers, and other natural materials to create cyanotype prints, experimenting with composition, layering, and the transformation of natural forms through light.
Participants will also use inks to draw, layer, and respond to their cyanotype prints, creating images that combine the structure of plants with their own marks and ideas. Through observation and experimentation, the activity invites creatives of all ages to slow down, look closely at nature, and consider how artists can use natural materials and sunlight to connect with their environment. The completed cards can be used as postcards or artwork.
No prior art experience is needed. All materials will be provided.
Tulika Ladsariya is currently featured in the Home Grown exhibition at UIMA.
Home Grown Vol. III
July 11 – September 6, 2026
WEST GALLERY
Home Grown Vol. III
Curated by Lauren Iacoponi
Home Grown at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is an immersive exhibition exploring the deep entanglement between human and plant life, featuring Midwest artists working with natural pigments, dyes, plant reliefs, hand-pulled paper, and organic materials that include botanics, mycelia, and artist-made bioplastics. Home Grown serves as a green space within an urban environment, with thought-provoking, nature-focused work integrated into a landscape of live plants.
Many of the artists exhibiting in Home Grown are practitioners of bioregionalism. They learn and educate others on the specific history of native plants and local indigenous ecologies, understanding that humans, plants, and wildlife are mutually responsible for one another. Several of the artists exhibiting in Home Grown are members and volunteers of community gardens and greenhouses, and host educational workshops, field days, and stewardship events and programs within their local communities. They cultivate native plants, remove invasive plant species, and tend plants in ‘art gardens’ to create natural pigments and dyes, and to grow and harvest plant fibers for papermaking.
Exhibiting Artists
Aimée Beaubien, Kris Casey, Christine Forni,
Naomi-Hamlin Navis, Hillary Irene Johnson, Noelani Jones, Tulika Ladsariya, Jaclyn Mednicov, CV Peterson, SK Reed
Risograph Works
Aimée Beaubien, Christine Forni, Maven Kennedy, Tulika Ladsariya, Katelyn Patton, Monika Plioplyte, Reina Sundara
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