SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Mutualism
Feb - March 2018
Bing Davis Memorial Gallery - Upper Iowa University, Fayette, Iowa
*Two-person shared space thesis exhibition
Feb - March 2018
Bing Davis Memorial Gallery - Upper Iowa University, Fayette, Iowa
*Two-person shared space thesis exhibition
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Artist Statment:
Through the last several years of my early adult life, I have experienced a lot of change in my environments. I have realized that even moving within a miniscule region of the world can completely change an individual’s mindset and way of living. Through my education and social experiences, I have realized a loss of connection between humans and their natural environment. This realization has heightened my activism in the areas of environmentalism and minimalism vs. consumerism. I strive to put these passions and curiosities towards creating pieces that let my feelings escape into something physical, bringing the viewer into my activism mindset.
I explore organic forms with common materials humans come in contact with on a daily basis (newspapers, water [paper pulp], concrete, ceramics, metal, etc.) to create an environment representing the origin of these materials. This gives the viewer an acknowledgement that our regular materials, surroundings and possessions once lived in a natural environment. My organic forms mixed with the manipulated look of the human touch, show us an environment where humans and nature are connected and in a harmonious relationship. One can see that when the human species are brought back into a relationship with their source (nature), a beautiful environment can happen and is meant to happen. If humans can again appreciate the source of their materials, mutualism can then occur where humans are benefitting nature just as much as nature has given to them.
Through the last several years of my early adult life, I have experienced a lot of change in my environments. I have realized that even moving within a miniscule region of the world can completely change an individual’s mindset and way of living. Through my education and social experiences, I have realized a loss of connection between humans and their natural environment. This realization has heightened my activism in the areas of environmentalism and minimalism vs. consumerism. I strive to put these passions and curiosities towards creating pieces that let my feelings escape into something physical, bringing the viewer into my activism mindset.
I explore organic forms with common materials humans come in contact with on a daily basis (newspapers, water [paper pulp], concrete, ceramics, metal, etc.) to create an environment representing the origin of these materials. This gives the viewer an acknowledgement that our regular materials, surroundings and possessions once lived in a natural environment. My organic forms mixed with the manipulated look of the human touch, show us an environment where humans and nature are connected and in a harmonious relationship. One can see that when the human species are brought back into a relationship with their source (nature), a beautiful environment can happen and is meant to happen. If humans can again appreciate the source of their materials, mutualism can then occur where humans are benefitting nature just as much as nature has given to them.
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Cedar Valley Biennial
Dec 2017 - Feb 2018
Law-Reddington Galleries - Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, Iowa
Dec 2017 - Feb 2018
Law-Reddington Galleries - Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, Iowa
