Sheet Cake Gallery, Memphis, TN November 2025 - January 2026

Sheet Cake is pleased to present the first Memphis solo exhibition for Brooklyn-based Amelia Briggs, titled Drupe, in which the artist explores the concept of an interior landscape, bringing to life the imagined worlds we inherently cultivate and shaping our perception of the environment around us. The term "Drupe" refers to a fleshy fruit with a hard, hidden core, which serves as a metaphor for the body and the forms we inhabit.

Amelia Briggs’ multidisciplinary practice combines fiber and painting to create works that invoke nostalgia and play. Her three-dimensional wall hangings draw on a family quilting tradition and embody botanical and anatomical forms that are both otherworldly and resonant, flirting with function and the figure. The work sometimes takes shape as a life vest or bag, or includes vestiges of those items, such as handles, but the objects' utility is abstracted in a way similar to the forms referenced in the images. In her exhibition titled drupe, Briggs explores the concept of an interior landscape, bringing to life the imagined worlds we inherently cultivate and shaping our perception of the environment around us. The term "drupe" refers to a fleshy fruit with a hard, hidden core, which serves as a metaphor for the body and the forms we inhabit. Her material and color choices are both seductive and unexpected, drawing the viewer in. Each piece is made from fiber, fabric, reclaimed materials, nylon, archival fabric tint, and thread.