New York, United States
Born in Hawaii, raised in Princeton, New Jersey, lives and works in New York City. My sculptures are...
About the artist
Joined In 2010
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About the artist
Joined In 2010
(4 Followers)
Born in Hawaii, raised in Princeton, New Jersey, lives and works in New York City. My sculptures are portraits of my personal struggles. Their success depends on my ability to confront and expose my deepest feelings. I examine such issues as my waning reproductive years, my vulnerability in dating and my submission to parental influence. Then I choose appropriate materials to best realize the work."Chrissy Caviar" was conceived as a way to deal with my looming 40th Birthday and address my life situation. I took fertility shots over the course of 6 weeks and then underwent surgery to retrieve 13 eggs from my ovaries. These were packaged and offered for sale. Human caviar as the most precious perishable luxury item because reproduction is the ultimate gift one can share."Teddy Chrissy" emerged from 25 years of dating frustration and how vulnerable I am as a single woman. To show these feelings in an artwork, I replaced the fur of a stuffed teddy bear with stainless steel pins. The pins stick out as a self-protective armor. My painstaking technique of pushing each pin by hand through the fabric in tight rows led to a personal catharsis."Chrissy Skin Rug represents my relationship to my parents. The rug is a silicone rubber cast of my...
Master of Fine Art, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York
Bachelor of Art, Boston University, Boston Massachusetts
Solo Exhibitions
2002
Project Room, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012
Unbound, One of a Kind: Unique Artists' Books, curated by Heide Hatry, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Burn Before Reading, Curated by Lilah Freedland, Scope NY, NY
2010
Pillow Pageant, curated by Emily Stevenson and Natalie Fizer, A.I.R. Gallery, DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY Uncomfortable Conversations, curated by Liz Kinnmark, Int’l Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York, NY
2009
Scope Art Fair, New York, NY
Pool Art Fair, New York, NY
Molecules That Matter, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Molecules That Matter, Mayborn Museum Complex, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2008
Molecules That Matter, The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH
Molecules That Matter, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Molecules That Matter, Philadelphia, PA
Continuous Current, School of Visual Arts, MFA Computer Art Alumni Exhibition, New York, NY
Sexy Time: A Group Effort, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Pulse Art Fair, New York, NY
Molecules That Matter, curated by John Weber and Ray Giguere, Tang Teaching Museum of Art, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, in Partnership with the Chemical Heritage Foundation, P...