Out of Body, Into Being

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2018-05

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At its core, my work explores our shifting perception of time and space, reality and mortality. By highlighting our often hidden or overlooked relationships with the astronomical and the microscopic, I cause the viewer to contemplate their own scale, and their place in time and space. In my work, the human figure is compared to the infinitesimal and the cosmic, creating the simultaneous sensations of immensity and insignificance. The scientific intersects with the mystical, revealing the foreignness of the body, and the familiarity of the cosmos. The works become mirrors, allowing us to recognize ourselves equally in celestial entities, and in the dust left over from their making.

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Thesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Fine Arts degree in the School of Art and Design at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.

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MFA thesis, Drawing, Sculpture, Charcoal, Video, Timelapse, Sculpture and Dimensional Studies

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http://hdl.handle.net/10829/23464

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Master of Fine Arts Thesis