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FLAT FILES 2020 Kerri Ammirata 'Untitled'
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Kerri Ammirata 'Untitled'

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Drawer 1- untitled Mixed media on paper 12 x 12 inches 2019

Artist Statement

I create sculptural paintings that explore the complexities between the mundane and the sacred; deconstructing the iconography and ritual between Catholicism, Christianity, and American secular spiritualism. Combining both woodcarving and painting, I create my own symbolic language through the combination of grids, mapping tools, astrology, constellations, scripture, snakes, megaliths (i.e. dolmens, passage tombs), petroglyphs, and graveyards. The painted wood carved objects are collaged together where each surface is carved and shaped by hand, adding ritual and history to each piece. I try to expand on the idea of building and creating a space for energy, spiritualism, and domesticity without the weight of permanence — an altar built to no one or no god. Women for centuries have been relegated to the home, restricted from the male- determined, high-religious spaces, but in my work, I build a space I am allowed to be in.

Artist Bio

Kerri Ammirata is a Queens-based artist born in Long Island and partly raised in the Midwest. She earned her MFA from Boston University in 2010 and a BA from Anderson University in 2006. She had her first solo show ‘Deep in the Knowing’ at Space776 in Brooklyn in 2018. She is the recipient of the following awards and residencies: The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, New York (2019), Ne'Na Contemporary Art Space/Monfai Cultural Center Residency, Chiang Mai, Thailand (2019), NYCT Cultural Advocacy & Equity Program, New York (2015); Vermont Studio Center Clowes Full Fellowship (2012); HUB-BUB, Spartanburg, South Carolina (2010-2011); and Chautauqua School of Art, Full Scholarship (2005 and 2006).

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Drawer 1- untitled Mixed media on paper 12 x 12 inches 2019

Artist Statement

I create sculptural paintings that explore the complexities between the mundane and the sacred; deconstructing the iconography and ritual between Catholicism, Christianity, and American secular spiritualism. Combining both woodcarving and painting, I create my own symbolic language through the combination of grids, mapping tools, astrology, constellations, scripture, snakes, megaliths (i.e. dolmens, passage tombs), petroglyphs, and graveyards. The painted wood carved objects are collaged together where each surface is carved and shaped by hand, adding ritual and history to each piece. I try to expand on the idea of building and creating a space for energy, spiritualism, and domesticity without the weight of permanence — an altar built to no one or no god. Women for centuries have been relegated to the home, restricted from the male- determined, high-religious spaces, but in my work, I build a space I am allowed to be in.

Artist Bio

Kerri Ammirata is a Queens-based artist born in Long Island and partly raised in the Midwest. She earned her MFA from Boston University in 2010 and a BA from Anderson University in 2006. She had her first solo show ‘Deep in the Knowing’ at Space776 in Brooklyn in 2018. She is the recipient of the following awards and residencies: The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, New York (2019), Ne'Na Contemporary Art Space/Monfai Cultural Center Residency, Chiang Mai, Thailand (2019), NYCT Cultural Advocacy & Equity Program, New York (2015); Vermont Studio Center Clowes Full Fellowship (2012); HUB-BUB, Spartanburg, South Carolina (2010-2011); and Chautauqua School of Art, Full Scholarship (2005 and 2006).

Drawer 1- untitled Mixed media on paper 12 x 12 inches 2019

Artist Statement

I create sculptural paintings that explore the complexities between the mundane and the sacred; deconstructing the iconography and ritual between Catholicism, Christianity, and American secular spiritualism. Combining both woodcarving and painting, I create my own symbolic language through the combination of grids, mapping tools, astrology, constellations, scripture, snakes, megaliths (i.e. dolmens, passage tombs), petroglyphs, and graveyards. The painted wood carved objects are collaged together where each surface is carved and shaped by hand, adding ritual and history to each piece. I try to expand on the idea of building and creating a space for energy, spiritualism, and domesticity without the weight of permanence — an altar built to no one or no god. Women for centuries have been relegated to the home, restricted from the male- determined, high-religious spaces, but in my work, I build a space I am allowed to be in.

Artist Bio

Kerri Ammirata is a Queens-based artist born in Long Island and partly raised in the Midwest. She earned her MFA from Boston University in 2010 and a BA from Anderson University in 2006. She had her first solo show ‘Deep in the Knowing’ at Space776 in Brooklyn in 2018. She is the recipient of the following awards and residencies: The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, New York (2019), Ne'Na Contemporary Art Space/Monfai Cultural Center Residency, Chiang Mai, Thailand (2019), NYCT Cultural Advocacy & Equity Program, New York (2015); Vermont Studio Center Clowes Full Fellowship (2012); HUB-BUB, Spartanburg, South Carolina (2010-2011); and Chautauqua School of Art, Full Scholarship (2005 and 2006).

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