Artist Statement
Working as an artist is the way I process the world around me…sounds obvious, but it is not always clear or easy. Some of my works deal with topics that overwhelm me such as issues of migration, immigration and the environmental crisis we find ourselves in. Some works tease apart elements of myself and my relationships/all our relationships such as when I consider the ‘things we carry’ and the ‘threads that bind us’ in my textile sculpture.
Sometimes I am overtaken with the beauty of the natural world…again sounding obvious. There is something elemental, something that takes me back to my earliest memories, something that is essential that speak to me there. I am not often a realistic drawer/painter/printer, but in abstraction, those visual and spiritual ideas drive my two-dimensional work.
Grounded in drawing/painting/printing, I have always found myself drawn to textiles both aesthetically and contextually. Sewing and costume design as well as my time at the loom are processes that I integrate into my work. Drawing and various mark making methods are also important to me. As are the movement and interaction shapes and color. These foundational ideas coalesce in both my 2-d and 3-d works.
Biography
Priscilla is an artist and educator from Northeast Ohio.
She recently retired from the art faculty at Ashland University.
She studied art at Kent State University (M.F.A.), University of Arkansas (M.Ed.) and Heidelberg College (B.A.).
Studio highlights:
- an Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council FY21
- a partner in Studio 214 with Keith McMahon
- a site-specific sculpture in Akko, Israel,
- a residency at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine,
- collaborating on a sculpture for Galion Hospital,
- studying contemporary textile art in Lodz, Poland
- curating exhibitions (see exhibition list)
- exhibiting my work nationally and internationally
Priscilla is represented by Muse Art Services in Columbus, OH, Hilton Head, SC and Taos, NM.
When not making art or teaching, Priscilla makes music in the band, Rock Salt and Nails.
She and her husband live on a farm in beautiful NE Ohio.
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Interwoven: The Many Voices of Fiber, Riffe Gallery, Ohio Arts Council
2023 Simultaneous Contrasts at BAYarts in Cleveland, OH with Davie Kuntzman
2023 Manifest Gallery Regional: Ohio, KY, IN. Cincinnati, OH
2023 Dual Duel. Heights Arts, Cleveland. OH
2023 Foot Squared. Yards Project, Cleveland, OH
2022 The Earth is Us. Columbus Cultural Center, Columbus, OH
2022 Unnatural Fibers. Summit Art Space, Akron, OH
2022 Peg’s Foundation Gallery, Hudson, OH Duo exhibition with David Kuntzman
2021 MIB Gallery, Buckhannon, WV Solo Exhibition
2021 Intertwined Dayton Society of Artists, Dayton, OH
2021 Women of Resilience Exhibition, Sally Otto Gallery, UMU
2021 Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Pitts, PA
2021 Solo Exhibition at MIB Gallery in Buckhannon, WV
2021 Stark County Exhibition. Honorable Mention. Massillon Museum
2021 The Last Hurrah, Stark County Library
2021 Bay Arts Juried exhibition. Bay Village, OH
2021 Solo Exhibition at Not Sheep Gallery, Columbus, OH
2021 Women’s Work. Not Sheep Gallery, Columbus, OH
2021 Women of Resilience Exhibition. Massillon Museum.