Artist Statement
Between Warp and Weft examines how expectations placed on women are both constructed and resisted. Using woven paper to create rigid, imposed structures, the work references systems that attempt to define and constrain female identity. In contrast, poured and flowing paint moves across and through these boundaries, refusing to remain confined. This tension between structure and fluidity reflects the lived experience of navigating expectations that are often invisible yet deeply felt. The materials themselves embody this negotiation: the grid insists, while the
paint persists.
The work is informed by mid-20th-century American abstraction,
particularly artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, and Anni Albers. These women created boldly within a movement that often marginalized them, producing work that both engaged with and quietly resisted the gendered expectations of their time. Their practices inform both the material language and conceptual concerns of this project.
While rooted in personal encounters with gendered limitations, the work opens outward to consider anyone who has existed within restrictive frameworks. Between Warp and Weft ultimately asks what it means to move through constraint without being fully defined by it.