About
About
E.A Stuart (Erinn Alexis Stuart) was born in Saskatoon, Canada in 1975, and she immigrated with her family to Tampa, Florida in 1992. Stuart received a scholarship to The School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she completed her BFA and received her MFA from Northern Illinois University. Stuart is currently working on her MA in Art History at Northern Illinois University
Artist Statement
The current course of my art practice is to examine how spaces, real or virtual affect how the individual perceives themselves and in turn presents that image to the world. I am interested in the interplay between object and reflexive objectification and the dialogue that negotiates these spaces and perspectives. I create sculptures and paintings. Sculptures are the physical representations of ideas, and paintings are the impressions of those manifestations. I choose to work in both mediums, since the goal is to examine the interaction between object and perception. Every object that takes up space in the physical world demands a response of being perceived by an individual. The individual, in turn, will interpret their relationship to the object and then project that response out into the world. We do not see the action of the influence of the object on an individual’s perception, but we do see the results of that interaction in the "portrait” that is produced. Producing multiple paintings from a single object from different angles and moments allows me to explore how time and perspective affect the interpretation of the object. When the sculptures and paintings are displayed together, the encrypted conversation between the two is revealed.