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Statement
How women occupy space and are visually consumed is central to my work. Using the subject matter of women, often on stage and so overtly on display, I manipulate material effects to explore how the complex emotional environments created by the subject matter intersect/overlap. The two dimensions of a canvas and paper mimic the shallow depth of the stage, but like the stage, the dimensions can be expanded though an infinite variety of effects and construction of painting.
Bio
Elissa Swanger (b.1973, Santa Cruz, California) lives and paints in Morristown, New Jersey. She earned her BA from Swarthmore College, PA and MFA from Brooklyn College, City University of New York and her work has shown in galleries throughout the United States and London, including The Governors Island Art Fair, The Artists Space, A.I.R and The Bowery Gallery in NYC.
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