Seeds of Abundance: Limits, Loss & Regeneration is a multi-room installation that explores abundance not through accumulation but through attention to what already surrounds us. Using natural and salvaged materials gathered on-site and from Authentique Artfarm—branches, seeds, flowers, stones, and found elements—Michele Guieu creates a series of immersive environments that invite slowing down, reflection, and participation.

In a time marked by ecological overshoot, biodiversity loss, and increasing systemic complexity, the exhibition draws inspiration from the thinking of Nate Hagens and The Great Simplification, emphasizing response over solution. Visitors are invited to engage through small gestures—touching, listening, contributing, and observing—highlighting the power of limits, care, and collective presence.

Seeds of Abundance extends a body of work that began with large-scale outdoor installations in the Mojave Desert and continues here as a quieter, more intimate meditation on loss, regeneration, and the possibility of meaning rooted in simplicity.

Visitors are invited to bring a small natural element—seed, seedpod, dried flower, or stone—and add it to A Sense of Place, a growing communal structure in the main gallery, accompanied by a handwritten note. These small gestures become acts of presence, care, and connection within the exhibition.

This exhibition is sponsored by the City of Bend, Oregon.

Seeds of Abundance: Limits, Loss & Regeneration

Scalehouse Gallery, Bend, Oregon

March 6 – April 24, 2026

Opening Reception: March 6, 5–7 PM