Desert Island explores the extremities of the Western Desert as an ever-shifting environment of resilience and isolation. A parallel program to Desert X held February - April, 2017, this multidisciplinary exhibition brought together 24 artists who embrace the desert and its interconnections through a contemporary array of painting, photography, sculpture, video, installation and performance works. Featuring: Filippo Minelli, Julie Schafer, Matt Hope, Olivier Dubois-Cherrier, John Knuth, Kas Sanchez, Tim Shockley, Ari Elefterin, Aaron Giesel, Wm. Marquez, Osceola Refetoff, Chris Peters, Jed Ochmanek, Eric Nash, Steve Webster, Bill Leigh Brewer, Ming C. Lowe, scott b davis, Deborah Martin, Nicolas Shake, Lance Gerber, Frederick Fulmer, Jeff Frost, Cristopher Cichocki.