QUEER • NATIVE • ALCHEMIST
they/her visual composer
skychild
synesthete
MB is a maker born and raised in what is today called Austin, TX.
BA in Religious Studies and a BA in Art History from Rhodes, College, Memphis, TN.
This body of work has, and continues to emerge from what MB has termed " MINDSOUP " ; the ever-churning energy of thoughts and feelings floating throughout the mind and body. After surviving a violent near death experience, MB has relied on making MINDSOUP to heal and reduce harm to themself and to others. Instead of transmitting more suffering into the world, MB takes on the role of Alchemist, transforming negative energy, words, thoughts or actions into actions that yield these whimsical, shiny happy objects; relics of the healing process. With roots as a Performance Artist, and a neurodiversity called Synesthesia, MB’s work invites full sensory engagement from viewer and artist alike.
The MINDSOUP maker uses abstract shapes and multicolored materials to transform the world around us into a playground colorchanging canvases and light-bouncin BLOPS. MINDSOUP investigates the full spectrum of life - especially celebrating those who experience shifts in their identities, skin tones, orientations, and/or perception of the world. This mixty, neurodiverse queerdo uses ancestral wisdom + synesthetic weirdness to make little moments of magic, finding comfort and liberation in the brain buzz that spills out in a funkadelic form of Alchemy. Like us creatures of clay, every single piece of MINDSOUP is a one of a kind, imperfect object - relics from a journey of healing, tokens of energy - once pain - now transformed into something curious and wonderful for you to find in the world ✨
Check out MINDSOUP murals + visit the ~gay stairs~ MB painted during PRIDE 2019 🍭 Shop their art at upcoming markets and in galleries/shops around Austin! @minds0up
If YOU wish to help spread the MINDSOUP goodness, contact MB about STICKER BLOPS as street art, and other ways to collaborate ! If you spot a BLOP be sure to snap a pic and send it in to @minds0upbl0ps to join the global gallery 🧩✨
@minds0upbl0ps
Original works will continue to be collected here as an external place for my MINDSOUP to simmer.
To inquire about custom creations- including portraits- collaborations, or other topics, please feel free to reach out at mindsoupmb@gmail.com, or follow this link.
THIS WEBSITE IS AN EVER CHANGING JOURNAL OF ORIGINAL CONTENT CREATED AND OWNED EXCLUSIVELY BY MB unless otherwise stated.
stay well friends,
MB
