Scottie Kersta-Wilson

Scottie Kersta-Wilson is a Chicago-based artist, writer, and textile designer. Having travelled as an Army Brat for much of her childhood, she settled in Houston TX after the death of her father in Vietnam. Photography led her to Chicago to pursue an MFA. Here her work took on the shapes and subjects that continue to this day. Her images and collages include her own photography and photomontage from Southeast Asia and other areas of war. They are manipulated or collaged to share the presence of human hope and the persistent beauty of nature in the midst (or aftermath) of war. Her art examines the perceptions, mental images, and physical reality of the unintended consequences of war. Her images are typically printed on Somerset Velvet Giclee or silk. The surface of the printed matter is reminiscent of Asia, the place where she last knew her father and military history. She has received several residencies from Ragdale Foundation; and several grants from The American Descendants of Bataan & Corregidor.

MFA in Photography/Digital Imagery/Installation, University of Illinois at Chicago

Selected:
One of a Kind, The Merchandise Mart, December 2019
One of a Kind, The Merchandise Mart, April 2020
2019 Their Voices Our Voices, Hairpin Art Center, Chicago IL
2018 Reading of the Names, National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago IL
2017 River Front Gallery, Chicago IL
2016 Witness to War, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago IL
2009-2016 Chicago Artist Month
2009 Lake County Fine Arts Group Show, Chicago IL
2008 The Artist Project, Merchandise Mart, Chicago IL
1994 Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City IA
1993 Houston Center for Photography, Houston TX
1992 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas TX
1992 Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin TX