Kathy Kissik Factories: Old & New
Kathy Kissik incorporates imagery with repurposed objects, collage, and other materials to create works that challenge traditional notions of perception. Her artworks are dreamscapes, whether evoking the nostalgia of industrial landscapes or desire in the form of imaginary “factories” where intangible (and sometimes elusive) notions of love, hope and peace can be made true.
Following on her career-long interest in architecture and industry, her recent “factory” works play with the idea that anything can be manufactured or mass-produced, including our deepest desires. In a similar spirit to Charles Sheeler (1883-1965), she uses her own photography as the basis for conceptualizing these castles of industry. These factories are “secular fetishes,” drawing into question what it is we truly worship in our industrialized world.
Kissik says her new, FUNDAMENTAL FACTORIES™ series, “was born out of a need to create attributes I require in my life and essential necessities for all. Art can be more than a reflection of the construct we exist within; it has the power to inform and shape reality. These visual amplifiers offer up ideas of a future.’’
About the artist
Kissik’s artwork is best described as urban constructivism. She is a graduate of The Museum School Boston and Tufts University where she was a 5th year Traveling Scholar Recipient. Her credentials include collaborating with CERN’s arts@cms program. She was an artist in residence at Arcadia Artist Residency, Scottsdale 2023, The Slade School of Art, London 2017, The Squire Foundation, Santa Barbara in 2016, Cill Rialaig, Ireland 2014, and Oolite Arts (formerly South Florida Arts Center), Miami Beach, for close to a decade. Kissik is a two-time fellowship recipient from The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, received two Pollock-Krasner Fellowships and three Paul D. Fleck Fellowships to attend residencies at the Banff Center, Canada.
Hours
Open Monday – Sunday 12pm to 5pm
Location
Oolite Arts Vitrine,
924 Lincoln Road, first floor,
Miami Beach, FL 33139
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