Soulful Expressions - Seven Ponds

Category: Soulful Expressions

Art & design about death & dying

Throughout history, artists and designers have transformed grief into beauty, turning loss into lasting tributes. This column spans art, design, architecture, and exhibitions, exploring how creatives across all media—from intimate paintings to grand memorials—have grappled with mortality and remembrance. Whether it’s a personal sketch born from sorrow or public installations that honor collective memory, art offers a unique language for what words cannot express. Discover how creative expression can heal and inspire.

British Painter Nicola Tremain Captures Grief in Acrylic On Canvas

“Staving Off Grief” Confronts the Viewer with the Artist’s Pain After the Recent Loss of a Close Friend

A Video Art Installation on How Even the Hardest Seasons Give Way to a New Day

Charles Atlas “Kiss the Day Goodbye” Currently on View at the Tampa Museum of Art

On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival at the Art Institute of Chicago

Fiber art across many centuries and cultures highlights both cultural and personal loss

“Life and Death in the Ancient World” at the Tampa Museum of Art

400 ancient objects show that the people of the past were much like us — they lived and died and hoped to be remembered

Mike Egan, a Visual Artist and Funeral Director, Tackles the Poetry and Reality of Death Through Art

Becoming a funeral director served as “a stepping stone” for Egan, an artist who places death at the center of his work and helps his audience find closure

Art as a Mirror: Exploring Grief at the Met Museum

This guided event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art will explore grief through art in a group discussion.