Cherry Archer

Cherry Archer is a Vancouver-based artist. Her art explores the humanity-nature relationship , and speaks to themes of global warming, sustainability, biophilia, and being in the moment. Her practice is informed by ecopsychology, a field fostering ecological thinking and documenting how exposure to nature benefits mental, physical, and emotional well-being.

Cherry's process begins with picking plants she grows in her garden or with a meditative walk to forage botanicals. She composes, then freezes the flora in water to form a Botanical Ice Tile. The tile is illuminated with coloured light, photographed, and printed in large format. Each photo is a visual interpretation of emotions, memories, and sensations experienced during her outdoor interaction.

Cherry Archer’s Botanical Ice Tiles are an ongoing project. Images from the series have been exhibited in galleries throughout Metro Vancouver and as public art in BC and Ontario. Her photography appears in “Human”, the 10th issue of the internationally renowned Prix Pictet photobook celebrating sustainability and photography and in the 2022 botanical issue of PhotoEd Magazine.