Upcycled Garden
The Upcycled Garden installation is an ever-growing and touring concept by Daniel Attaboy Seifert.
Each sculptural element is locally sourced recycled cardboard and mostly house paint and spray paint remnants. While beautiful and organic on the outside, when many of the sculptures are flipped over, you can see a visual diary of consumption (gluten free pizza, Covid tests, lemonade bottles, light bulb and amazon boxes, etc) that is used to create them.
Attaboy started making them when dealing with lockdown, rising costs of living and as therapy for post car crash PTSD and a neurological condition. There is little to no planning while making them, and the open ended play of constructing them is soothing. Different groupings of the sculptures are being created all the time, and the installation is set to grow . Additional work shops with children and community artists hosted by the artist in 2025-27.
The Upcycled Garden began at a converted mortuary turned gallery in Oakland and has been exhibited at: The City Museum in St. Louis, Uma Gallery, The Brea City Gallery, Mainstreet LA, Brassworks Gallery in Portland OR, TMCC in Reno. Look for it at The Hunter Museum of American Art in TN, Art Farm in Iowa, and a special molt-storied version of the installation at the Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz. We can’t wait to announce the amazing art institutions, museums, and art spaces which have been recently been added to the exhibition schedule of the Upcycled Garden!
TOUR SCHEDULE:
2026-2027:
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN: August ’26-August ’27: A year long installation of the Upcycled Garden.
*Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz: July-December There will be a special multi-storied installation by Atta at this museum in July 2026.
Art Farm, Iowa: June 1st-August 1st: with workshops and programming with Atta at this unique art hub on a farm!
2025:
San Joaquin Delta College Gallery, Stockton, CA: Oct- December 2025
Truckee Meadows CC in Reno NV: April -End of June 2025
Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA: January-March 2025 Now Showing.
2024:
Basecamp Studios in Seattle Washington: Nov-Dec 2024
Rimbert Studio in Bremerton WA: September-Nov 2024
Brassworks Gallery in Portland OR: Opened July 17th. 2024
City Museum in St. Louis: May-June 1st, 2024
Art Thou Gallery Pop Up, SF CA: April 2024
2023:
Sahara West Library galleries, Las Vegas NV, Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart, TitMouse Animation Studio
2022:
Mainstreet LA, Brea City Gallery, Brea, CA, UMA Gallery, Oakland. CA
Contact us to enquire about hosting the exhibit and/or work shops!
