2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition | Danielle Michaux Wells

On view:
Friday, April 5–Sunday, April 28, 2019

Reception:
Friday, April 5, 2019 | 6–9 p.m.

See the work of emerging artists and designers at the CCAD MFA & MDes Thesis Exhibition. For the first time, the show will include strategic and service design projects from MDes candidates. MFA candidate work spans a number of different media and genres, such as painting, sculpture, photography, design, video, illustration, and animation. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.

Artist Statement:

My cat greets me at the door. She digs her claws into the coarse, shallow carpet that covers the apartment floor. I take off my shoes, turn on the lights, and settle into this space of my own making. Within safe and familiar walls, I move, think, and speak freely. Memories blend together, routines and rituals repeat themselves, and dreams of past and future moments invoke excitement as well as paralyzing anxiety.
Where I Live presents layered imagery of spaces and objects inside the 550-square-foot apartment that I share with my partner and our cat. Abstracting these mundane aspects of my everyday life using paint and mixed media, I contend with our apartment as a holding space for my body and my mind.