I Dream in Layers
2019 - 2015
Exhibited at:
The Exhibit
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, ME
Whitebox, NY
Gallery 263, MA
250 Main Hotel, ME
JoAnne Artman Gallery, CA
This series of paintings, Thread Paintings and sculptural installations explores the superficial layer and what lies beyond it. In our world, an exterior impression of who someone is becomes the first thing we encounter. Yet, the nuance of personality can only be discovered over time and with careful observance. Reality has become increasingly difficult to define and engagement seems to occur mostly online. In this atmosphere, I have become cognizant of my own dependence on the surface layer to present who I want to be when one encounters me. It has been my mission to scrutinize the use of these facades through various iterations of my work. I Dream in Layers is a culmination of these efforts.
I Dream in Layers explores the tenuous nature of the exterior surface through a series of mixed media works and alternative processes. Each work in the exhibition questions our focus on the outward while simultaneously challenging the viewer to dig a bit deeper, exploring the subtleties that exist beneath. These works play with the possibilities of and boundaries between painting and sculpture. They invite viewers to delve deeply into the details, experiencing a consolidation of sculptural and painterly processes that convey a sense of the vulnerability of facades. Consisting of mixed media paintings on stretched silk, sculptural wall configurations, a large scale site-responsive Painting in Space and accompanying video installation, I Dream in Layers unfolds before the viewer suggesting the importance of subtlety and to always look beyond the surface.
Select work available at Artspace, NY
Solo exhibition, 2020
Mixed Media Paintings, Wall Configurations, a Site-Responsive Installation and Video Projection
Press:
by Maryam Raad
Boston Hassle
“WENT THERE: Surface Consumption Finding Equilibrium in Expression.”
Exhibitions:
I Dream in Layers
Solo Exhibition
The Exhibit
July 1 - September 30, 2020
Lush, Hush
Group Exhibition
Curated by Donna McNeil
CMCA online
Rockport, ME
May 15 - Aug 15, 2020
Subversive Stitch
Curated by Kimberly Reinagel
Whitebox
Harlem, NY
opening October, 19, 2019
Surface Consumption
Gallery 263
Cambridge, MA
2018
Materiality: The Matter of Matter
Curated by Bethany Engstrom
Center for Maine Contemporary Art
2017
Select Works
250 Main Hotel
Curated by Stephenie Sala
Rockland, ME
ongoing
The Space Between
JoAnne Artman Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA
2017