17768 Tigerlily
7’ 11” x 21’ 8” x 19’ 2”
Fabricated Steel, Painted
2013
2013 Open Studio Fellow
Artist Statement
My work considers the idea that symbolic and ideological systems can be activated and re-imagined through collaboration, imaginative play and masquerade. To affect this re-imagining objects, bodies, and landscapes are constructed to immerse us in the logic of another place.
In many ways my works become the repository of the dreams and ideas of the many people who participate in producing and imagining the contours of the works. In the tradition of the fable or folk story, I map the desires and ideas of people to create narratives that attempt to be relevant to a contemporary audience.
Saya Woolfalk
Born: Gifu City, Japan, 1979
Resides: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Education
MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2004
BA, Brown University, 2001