(New Life) Trajectories
Wooloo Productions
Chelsea Gallery Space
New York, New York
January 2008
Black President
Art in Harlem Productions
The Space
New York, New York
May 2008
STATEMENT
My work is inspired by history with all of its intrinsic problems. I am impressed by cultures whose histories have been meticulously recorded and documented. A desire to insert people of lesser known cultures into history is what drives my work. After researching a particular period in time, I create work that exposes the role of a person or a particular group of people in historical society. I employ textiles and paint to create my work. I try to work in a manor that is reminiscent of folk art. I want to communicate the importance of having a personal past, even if that past is based in fantasy.
Most recently, I created 80 felt dolls that wear cotton dresses and hang by clothes pins from wire hangers on a clothes rack. This installation of dolls represents the women of color who worked in the New Americas to create muslin dresses for Queen Marie Antoinette during the 18th century. I am using the dolls to play with the fantasy that the seamstresses must have at least tried the gowns on prior to shipping them to France. I am also exploring the importance of appearance and yet the idea that clothing alone does not transcend ones social standing.
EDUCATION
2006 - 2008
MFA Candidate New Media
Transart Institute, Donau Universitat
Krems, Austria
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