Trulee Hall Cloud Goddess, 2026
Mixed media
Variable dimensions
Suspended from the ceiling as an ethereal, watchful presence, Cloud Goddess is a large-scale multimedia kinetic sculpture that greets visitors with a sense of cosmic oversight. Shaped like a luminous cloud, the work evokes ancient sky deities who governed weather and fate, recalling mythic figures such as Nut, whose vast body once symbolically arched across the heavens. Here, that celestial presence reappears in a contemporary feminist form.
Embedded within the cloud’s surface are two video monitors that form animated eyes, shifting in expression like the planet’s ever-changing atmosphere. Her curious gaze suggests a living sky—an observant being quietly witnessing humanity’s rituals of gathering, exchange, and spectacle below.
Hanging beneath and around the cloud are rotating zigzag forms in vibrant shades of purple. These motorized elements resemble stylized lightning bolts, playfully referencing atmospheric electricity with a subtle retro energy. As they slowly spin, they evoke both the dynamism of weather systems and the coded signals of modern communication.
Together, the elements suggest a divine cloud consciousness transmitting energy
toward the earth—an active, feminine intelligence whose shifting moods ripple through air, weather, and human experience.
Visitors pass beneath her gaze, momentarily entering a space between mythology,
technology, and the living atmosphere.
Bio
Trulee Hall was born in 1976 in Atlanta, Georgia. She received her BFA from
Atlanta College of Art in 1999 and her MFA from CalArts in 2006. She lives and
works in Los Angeles. Hall’s richly textured practice spans video, painting,
sculpture, sound, dance, and immersive installation.
Hall’s work has been shown at MOCA, LACMA, REDCAT, Hammer Museum in Los
Angeles, the Rubell Museum in Miami, the Zabludowicz Collection in London, the
Villa Schöningen in Berlin, among numerous other exhibitions internationally