Bloom is an imaginarium composed of artworks spanning a 14 year period. Kristi Pupo seeks to connect resonances between symbolic figures such as the snail, owl, bee, moth, sunflower, and the mythology of Noah’s Ark as representations of the earthly, oceanic, and celestial realms. Her work is grounded in the rhythms of nature, utilising the elements of water, earth, fire, and clay to manifest the unseen threads that bind experience, memory, and meaning. Her choice of material and subject matter reflects the depth of human experience and emotion, rooted in everyday rituals and the cyclical relationship between people, time, and their environment.

Bloom engages with themes of transience, quantum physics, and the illusion of time—particularly how time is perceived when mental health is compromised by depression. Drawing from quantum concepts, Pupo challenges the conventional view of time as a linear progression from past to future, instead exploring the idea that all moments may exist simultaneously.

This perception becomes deeply personal as Pupo considers the years of her own life – years that blend together marked by the growth of a now ten-year-old child and the souls of the unborn. Pupos' practice stands as a testament to the healing power of art, navigating the complexities of existence through creativity. Her exploration highlights how art can foster personal and collective healing, inviting us all to reflect on our place within the web of life.

Bloom is a record of years of cyclical despair and joy, stagnation and growth, brokenness and healing. It is a physical manifestation of all moments existing simulteously, sacred objects of the past and present, and the exhibition itself as hope for a future. If it is not blooming, feed it water.