Using drawing, printmaking, paper cutting and sculpture, I transform everyday objects by pushing them into a liminal state between the identifiable and the symbolic. During my daily walking practice, I take snapshots of neighborhoods in flux where the palimpsest of architecture and patina of time reveals a layered history. I'm particularly drawn to liminal spaces such as windows, doors, gates and walls. They make me aware of the divide between my own personal space and other spaces. They invite and share and also curate/limit access. Windows conflate image, object, space, story, and frame. I've become fascinated with the outdated decorative concrete breeze blocks found across the US and abroad. Originally designed for warm regions to keep out the sun and let in the breeze, these aesthetically pleasing and affordable architectural features now cross climates, class lines and cultures and are found in both rural and urban areas. I use them in my drawings and wall reliefs to symbolize spaces of sanctuary where what is harmful is kept out and what is nourishing can pass through. They allude to permeability, refuge, connection, beauty, and contemporary ruins. In all of my projects, the formal conventions of industry and consumer society collide with the more metaphysical aspects of knowing and believing: hands-on craft, repetition, beauty and ritual. Shanti Grumbine is a New York-based multi-media artist. She has been an artist in residence at the Millay Colony, Ucross, Yaddo, Vermont Studio Center, Saltonstall Foundation, Wave Hill Winter Workspace Residency, Lower East Side Printshop Keyholder Residency, Artist in the Marketplace (AIM), Women’s Studio Workshop, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, BRIC Workspace and the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program. Fellowships and grants include the Santo Foundation Individual Artist Grant, A.I.R Gallery Fellowship and the LABA Fellowship at the 14th Street Y. Select exhibition venues include The Bronx Museum, Dorsky Gallery, Dorsky Museum, CCA Sante Fe, A.I.R. Gallery, Magnan-Metz Gallery, Planthouse Gallery, PS 122, Smack Mellon and IPCNY. Shanti received an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.