statement
I am interested in the modes of gendered socialization (institutional regiments, clothing, storytelling, etc.) and how these are manifested through children's play and group interactions. The use of drawing on paper references these methods of childhood instruction, as the carefully penciled and colored illustrative style mimics the images that are so often absorbed by children through the white field of a book page.
"Wake" depicts a scene that is tinged with the sinister, as the young girls are scrutinized by both the gaze of the viewer and the semicircle of black-veiled women. Mournful and elegant, the ever-vigilant figures in black have passed from girlhood into the realm of the adult woman, and in turn enforce the guidelines they themselves were raised with. In contrast, the young girls are grouped as a lively and scattered collective, engaged in play that either reveals their gendered conditioning or resists the ladylike behavior that will soon be expected of them.
bio
born: 1982, St. Louis, Missouri
education
University of Iowa, MFA, 2011
Missouri State University, BFA, 2005
selected awards/honors
Artist Residency, Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvik, Norway, 2012
Mildred Pelzer Lynch Fellowship Award, University of Iowa, 2010
Graduate Assistant Tuition Scholarship, University of Iowa, 2009-10
selected publications
The Oxford American; No. 74: The Education Issue, August, p. 23, 2011
New American Paintings: Juried Exhibition in Print; No. 93: MFA Annual, April/May, p. 64-67, 2011
selected solo or two-person exhibits
Printmaking Staging Space: Dress Code, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2011
Gallery of Contemporary Art: Hawk & Hawk: Art from a Gene Puddle (two-person show), St. Louis Community College-Forest Park, St. Louis, MO, 2007
selected group shows
Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts: Binderful, St. Louis, MO, 2013
Pop-up Gallery Show @ Samchungdong: Artspital: Healing Project 2012, Seoul, South Korea, 2012
Woman Made Gallery: 15th International Open, Chicago, IL, 2012
hous projects LA: Depict: Here and Now in Contemporary Painting and Drawing, West Hollywood, CA, 2011
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