Upcycled Garden
Upcycled Garden
An ever-growing installation by Daniel Attaboy Seifert
Exhibition: January 22 – March 22, 2025
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 25, 1pm-3pm
Gallery Walkthrough and Succulent Workshop: Saturday, March 1, 11am start | Learn more…
Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm
Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804
Daniel “Attaboy” Seifert unveils a new iteration of his Upcycled Garden, an ever-growing project born during the pandemic. In 2021, faced with lockdown challenges, Attaboy began repurposing materials like pizza boxes, COVID test kits, shipping boxes, and house paint through an intuitive, meditative process to create whimsical organic forms. Over time, these forms evolved into a garden installation that serves as both a diary of consumption and an otherworldly space—both playful and strange—that outshines its humble origins. Upcycled Garden has been exhibited at ten venues across the United States, and we’re excited to now present it in Richmond, the artist’s hometown.
About the Artist: Daniel “Attaboy” Seifert is a visual artist known for blending subversion with whimsical elements to explore themes of death, decomposition, and rebirth. His Upcycled Garden has toured ten locations, including the City Museum in St. Louis and Brassworks Gallery in Portland. In 2005, Atta co-founded Hi-Fructose magazine with Annie Owens, which has gained global acclaim. The magazine’s ten-year retrospective toured major museums and led to a series of successful hardcover books. Atta and Annie live in Richmond, California, with the memories of their dogs Donut and Ripley, the one-eyed wonder dog.
