Casey Snyder, the current artistic focus of the Triangle Gallery, entices the memory with contradicting imagery and opposing realism in the current exhibit, Investigations of the Residual.
“Using duality, my work allows the viewer to recognize something they know and do not know at the same time,” Snyder says.
“Through contradiction, I am interested in prompting narrative while fictionalizing it.”
Snyder received her Master’s of Fine Arts at Kendall College of Art & Design and her Bachelor of Fine Art at Ashland University.
Even before receiving her Master’s in 2012, Snyder has been featured in numerous art exhibitions across the country since early 2010, including the Hillyer Art Space in Washington D.C. and the Academy of Fine Arts Annual National Juried Art Exhibition in Lynchburg, VA.
“Casey Snyder’s work was selected because of its bold use of color, the dynamic juxtaposition of visual elements, and the way in which mixed media is employed to transform representational images into abstract compositions,” said Pat McClelland, art exhibit coordinator.
“Investigations of the Residual” draws upon many of Snyder’s fundamental mediums of work creating a world between worlds.
“A dialogue of opposites exists within my work, allowing the viewer moments of recognition, as well as isolation–real and unreal,” Snyder said.
McClelland said students and professors have seemed fascinated by Snyder’s exhibition.
“No artistic style appeals to everyone, but viewers seem mostly to respond favorably to the work,” McClelland said.
“Professors of painting, drawing and art appreciation have had their classes visit the gallery and have commented about the quality of the work on exhibit.”
Snyder, who was born in Ohio, has since moved to D.C., where she has had a supportive and overwhelming response to her work. She said this connection is due in part to mutual interest and shared experience.
“My imagery has an echo of memory, narrative, history and pattern that feels shared. The resulting allusions oscillate from a dream space to narrative, and appear as a digestion of shared experiences–real and fake,” Snyder said.
“Investigation of the Residual” will be open in the Triangle Gallery from Jan. 5 – Feb. 3.
Jamez Duty
Reporter