As I share this photo album from Spandrel Spaces: The Art of In-between, exhibited from May-July 2025, at the Museo de Arte e Historia Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos, Patillas, Puerto Rico, I am struck again by how much this exhibition was shaped not only by the paintings on the walls but also by the people […]
Behind the Brush: A Two-Month Conversation between 3t Vakil & Gessie Houghton on The Spandrel Spaces Series (art inspired by life in the rainforest). June 2025 🎤 Interview by Gessie Houghton, October Gallery | Blog by 3t Vakil After nearly two months of exchanging thoughts across oceans, I’m delighted to share a conversation that has left […]
I’m excited to share my newest body of work: Spandrel Spaces – The Art of In-Between. This series is a culmination of a lifetime spent listening closely to nature’s hidden rhythms—underwater, in the rainforest, and in the quiet corners of the mind. It’s also a celebration of the overlooked: the architectural spandrel, the space between […]
Announcing My Upcoming Exhibition I’m thrilled to announce that my first exhibition of 2025, Spandrel Spaces: The Art of In-between, will open this May at the Museo de Arte e Historia Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos in Patillas, Puerto Rico. This exhibition brings together over 30 of my recent paintings—created throughout 2024 and into 2025—all of […]
Vespertine cryptica, Acrylic Paint on PVC Panel, 44” x 20” In the architectural world, a spandrel is the byproduct of necessity and design—a space inadvertently created by the erection of arches and the demands of structure. In my latest collection of paintings, “Spandrel Spaces: The Art of In-Between,” I delve into these unintentional creations, residual […]
In the natural world, complexity often masquerades as simplicity, with the visible only hinting at the vast unseen. Synapse, spandrels, stoma, symbiosis and systems of sentience explode. The exhibition comes out of my immersion in the intricate tapestry of biological systems through the lenses of science, ecology, philosophy, and altered states of consciousness. With focused […]
Pyrocanthus flammeus, 3t Vakil, 2024, Acrylic Paint on Panel, 44” x 20” In the spaces between light and shadow, chaos and order, and the seen and unseen, my art emerges as a visceral dialogue with the natural and metaphysical worlds. As an artist, scientist, and conservationist, my practice transcends traditional boundaries, weaving together a tapestry […]
