Caitlyn Chisamore is a Toronto based artist and curator from Gananoque, Ontario. She graduated from Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCADU) in 2011 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Drawing and Painting. Using oil paint as her primary medium, Caitlyn creates paintings based on the human figure and psychology. Her works focus on themes of attachment, interaction, connection, and communication. Caitlyn has exhibited in Gananoque, Kingston, Perth Road Village and Toronto, Ontario. Her work is in the collection of OCADSU in Toronto, Ontario, and private collections in Gananoque, Kingston and Toronto, Ontario.
Artist Statement: The Silent Exchange series
My work is based on human interaction, relationships, communication and emotional attachment. Through the exploration of the painted figure, I am seeking to decipher layers of intimacy and connection through a personal lens.
The hands that are accumulating on the figures are a metaphor for human connection, contact and communication. The layers of hands are meant to portray the affect that people have on each other. The hands become a tool of understanding, reading a person like Braille. The works with hand prints on the bodies represent the emotional trace that is left on the individual.
By emphasizing physical touch and placing Braille text on the works I am expressing inexpressible feelings, fears, doubts and desires. My works addresses the destructive and powerful nature of words, and the physical manifestation of emotional attachment to another person. I want my works to silently speak, to express the intangible and inexpressible emotions that only silence can inhabit.
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