“My current research examines my experience as a Western woman and analyzes my previous adherence to the concept of beauty-as-currency. Feminine beauty is culturally defined and has always been a form of wealth in the West. In my current body of work, I am examining the biological argument for the evolution of this behavior, the overwhelming social pressure to conform to this behavior, subjection by the patriarchy, women’s complicity, and the many forms of exchange involved in utilizing beauty currency. Combining my advocacy work on a rape crisis hotline and my own exploitation, I create visceral, figurative, large-scale oil paintings that examine the perennial dangers of beauty-as-currency and the abuse it inflicts on women.” - Paige Greeley
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“My work deals with the intersections between technology and social issues in our daily lives. Combining mixed media and digital media I create sculptures, videos, and 2d works that integrate emerging technologies into critical objects. I like to twist bits of technology against themselves and create stories based around the results. The work is honest and critical of the integration of technologies into our daily life because critical thought towards our mediated interactions is the only way to come up with better solutions for living in the future.” - Scott McKinney
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My work lies at the site of paradox: pain and pleasure, life and death, capture and escape... Can an inoculation of “fantasy” repair Black slave mythology by inserting “happiness” with a predetermined gratifying outcome? And by changing the past will that effect contemporary societies mindset regarding equality of life for people of color?
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