Caroline Wayne "Not Really Crying"

Caroline Wayne "Not Really Crying" 2021

Mixed Media: felt, glass beads
Dimensions: 8 x 9 x 9 in
Unique
Signed on Verso, Includes Signed Certificate of Authenticity 

Caroline Wayne (b. 1984) is a graduate of The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and has a practice based in Brooklyn, New York. In meticulously beaded sculptures, large-scale marker drawings, and creative non-fiction, she explores her own personal narrative as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse using embellishment, rhythm, and levity, to render a dark reality more easily accessible to a broader audience. Wayne is a 2020 Hopper Prize finalist, a 2017/2018 Fellow at A.I.R. Gallery where she has held two solo exhibitions, and her work has been seen in the New York area since 2017 in spaces such as The Salon at The Wing SoHo, Sotheby’s Institute, and SPRING/BREAK Art Show. She has been interviewed by Cultbytes, Maake Magazine, Eazel, and covered by various publications including Untitled Magazine, ELLE DECOR, and Artnet. She recently completed a residency at Wassaic Project, NY, and was profiled in Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy's latest publication New Women's Work.

“In meticulously beaded sculptures I pull from my autobiography to illustrate stories of trauma, sexuality, intimacy, and growth. Detailed beading and cyclical patterning emphasize the consistent labor in the repetitive motion of hand-sewing which mirrors the emotional and psychic labor expended to manage the suffering a body can accumulate over time. Hollow felt forms are fortified by tightly hand-stitching glass beads to the surface, reinforcing a fabric shell to create “hard” sculptures from “soft” medium. Whether illustrating symbols of childhood abuse, its resultant patterns of thought and behavior, or the process of healing, my sculptures translate the life experience of a survivor of complex trauma through the lens of glittering beadwork, rendering a harrowing reality easier to digest.” - Caroline Wayne