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| Sculpture takes on the physicality of emotion. |
| Crocheted hair and pencil on wall |
| 2000-2008 |
| Dimensions variable |
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| It is necessary to forget in order to go on living. |
| Hair and wax on paper |
| 2000 - 2009 |
| 84 " x 60 " |
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| It is necessary to forget... Detail montage, medium-range and close-up views |
| Hair and wax on paper |
| 1999-2009 |
| 84 " x 60 " |
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| I craved a veil... |
| Hair and wax on paper |
| 2010 |
| 40 " x 32 " |
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| Cat-o-Nine-Tails |
| Hair, wax, and birch wood |
| 2009 |
| 11 " x 4 " |
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| Shorn Hair |
| Acrylic on paper |
| 2008 |
| 16 " x 14 " |
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| Will-o-the-wisp |
| Acrylic on paper |
| 2008 |
| 30 " x 22 " |
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| Submission |
| Acrylic on paper |
| 2008 |
| 30 " x 22 " |
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| Alone |
| Acrylic on paper |
| 2008 |
| 30 " x 22 " |
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| ...make me roll my eyes and then you make me grit my teeth... |
| Acrylic on paper |
| 2007 |
| 30 30 " x 22 " x 1 " |
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| Within My Breast |
| Wax, found wood, tulle, seashells, and incense |
| 1999-2009 |
| 12 " x 10 " |
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| Hannah Wilke Candle for Spells and Meditation |
| Paraffin, beeswax, wire, and glitter |
| 2009 |
| 13 " x 12 " |
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| Stigmata Shrine |
| Sculpey, acrylic paint, nail polish, dried flowers, shells, and acorns |
| 2005 - 2009 |
| Dimensions variable |
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| Joan in Ecstasy |
| Sculpey, acrylic, plaster, leather, and chains |
| 2007 |
| 10 " x 14 " x 12 " |
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| Madelena |
| Sculpting compound, wax, wood, and acrylic |
| 2006 |
| 12 " x 8 " |
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Bio / CV |
| Statement | |
Bio / CV |
Artist Statement
I am interested in making things that potentially have personal ritual use both inside and outside the studio or gallery, such as devotional icons, altars, votive candles, ceremonial vestments, tattoos, and talismans. My installations are groups of images, objects, and ephemera which seem to have accumulated as a result of some kind of spiritual or metaphysical event. I use many different materials and forms in this work, including drawings, sculptures, photos, performances, texts, and videos.
This work began with haphazard research into the writings and biographies of medieval women mystics, such as Saint Catherine of Siena and other obscure figures like Julian of Norwich, Saint Lutgard of Aywieres, and Alice of Schaerbeke. Their diaries and poems tell of extreme fasting, self-induced stigmatas, apocalyptic dreams, and erotic visions. They have much in common with the work of contemporary artists like Carolee Schneemann, Hannah Wilke, and Marina Abramovich, feminist pioneers who rankled authorities but garnered under-the-radar hero-worship through their groundbreaking, deeply personal, and often harrowing performances. Much of my work is also influenced by poets and musicians like Patti Smith, Marianne Faithfull, and Kim Gordon, all of whom write and perform with a mystical connection to their music and their audiences.
I am creating my own cult of worship, full of complex idols who have sought transcendent yet very physical states of being, through spiritual ecstasy, artistic creation, poetry, or music.
Artist Bio / CV
Education
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 2001
MFA, School of Visual Arts, 2001
BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, 1990
Selected Exhibitions
2011
Bling, Arts Guild New Jersey, Rahway, New Jersey
2010
Group Exhibition, Abrons Arts Center, Henry Street Settlement, New York (upcoming)
Kentucky Derby Art Auction, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York
The Sketchbook Project, Art House Gallery Library, Brooklyn, New York
ArtistsFOR: Haiti, Envoy Gallery, New York
2009
Two Degrees of Separation, Gallery Satori, New York
Secrets are impossible here, Solo Exhibition, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia
Fresh Asphalt, Gallery Satori, New York
Plenty of Room on the Couch, Eastern District, Brooklyn, New York
Leave Me, Desire, Solo Exhibition, Invisible NYC, New York
2008
Supernatural, curated by Dan Tague, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans
And So on... Blog project curated by Dan Halm
Kentucky Derby Party, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York
2007
Jouissance, Autoversion, Ltd., New York
Stories Real and Vividly Imagined, curated by Patrik Qvist, Galleri Niklas Belenius, Stockholm, Sweden
Group Show for transFigures, by Lear deBessonet, Women’s Project, New York
2006
Paradise Lost, curated by Dan Tague, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York
Vault Series, curated by Joan Backes, New Bedford Art Museum, Massachusetts
Site 92, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2005
Extraordinary Visions, curated by Katherine Chan, Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York
16 Rooms, curated by Eun Young Choi, Junho Lee, and Herb Tam, Hall Street Space, Brooklyn, New York
Ladylike, Naked Duck Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2004
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out, curated by Michael Wilson, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, Brooklyn, New York
Supersalon, Samson Projects, Boston, Massachusetts
Anthology of Art, curated by Jochen Gerz, Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin
2003
Gifted, Rare Plus Project Room, Rare Gallery, New York
Contemporary Perspectives, HOME Project Space, Long Island City, New York
D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival, with Johanna Bystrom-Sims and Rita MacDonald, Brooklyn, New York
Rally for Triple Candie Exhibition, Triple Candie, New York
