Lithography & Additive Monotype

2015

Paper: Kitikata

Dimensions: 17" x 11"

Growing into an adult and living on my own I naturally began examining my identity and history as an individual. This led to the creation of autobiographical and narrative work which followed the logic and language of a laboratory experiment. In the creation of this work, I used visual characteristics such as grouping, voids, color, and material choice as my experimental factors. Grouping spoke about interpersonal relationships between individuals. Missing faces became the presence of the void. Rather than being moments of emptiness, they represented an active space; full of conceptual and emotional possibility. The characteristic of color spoke to aesthetic decisions as well a spiritual nature that furthered the existentialism of the void in some pieces. Materiality is dictated by choosing the medium and material that has the most appropriate language to communicate the intended thoughts or emotions to my audience. It is because of this, and because of my love for learning, that I am always eager to explore new processes and materials in order to assimilate new visual languages to my vocabulary. I see the process of making much like running a lab, while the finished work is the report. Unlike a scientist who works for resolutions these all end in a premise. Always asking questions, but seldomly answering them.