statement

My recent work combines hand-cut paper and oil paint in a process that is highly meticulous and meditative. I began experimenting with papercutting several years ago after being inspired by my cultural heritage and the traditional Polish cut-paper folk art known as wycinanki. More recently, I have become fascinated by the disparity between the histories of oil painting and domestic craft, and my studio practice has evolved into an investigation of the potential merging of these two methodologies. By physically combining paint and hand-cut paper, I seek to reconcile their contextual differences while continuing the feminist tradition of elevating craft to the status of high art.

bio

born: 1986, Hartford, Connecticut

education

Clemson University, MFA, 2010
Anderson University, BA, 2008

selected publications

Arc Gallery, Structure, National Exhibition Catalogue. San Francisco, California, 2013
Manifest Creative Research Gallery; Lost Horizon, Exhibition Catalogue, Volume 67. Cincinnati, Ohio: Manifest Press, 2012
McNeese State University; 25th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper, Exhibition Catalogue. Lake Charles, Louisiana, 2012

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Between Spaces, Holes, and Absences, Sterling College, Sterling, Kansas, 2012
Something Borrowed, Something New, Art & Light Gallery, Greenville, South Carolina, 2012

selected group shows

The "F" Word: Feminism Now, ARC Gallery and Educational Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, 2014
5th Annual TAPPED, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2014
Collage + Assemblage, (SCENE) Metrospace, East Lansing, Michigan, 2014
Lost Horizon, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2012