BIO
Brittany Rudolf draws on the traditions of woodworking, sound art, and textiles to create an eclectic experience, installation, and objects exploring the boundaries of land and body. Brittany is an artist originally from the Midwest, now living in Portland. She is co-founder of Material Loop, a multidisciplinary studio and art space. Brittany is a recent graduate of the Applied Craft + Design MFA program, a former GLEAN Artist in Residence, and is also an alum of Signal Fire Art’s Wide Open Studios: Summer Immersion backpacking program.
Originally from Indianapolis, Brittany now lives in Portland, Oregon with her partner Kurt and their cat ‘Myr.
STATEMENT
My current body of work draws from the interrelated histories of scientific inquiry and spiritual understanding, utilizing materials such as wood, fibers, and geological media to explore the taxonomies of time and the ambiguity of loss. Within this body, materials and methodologies are considered for their visual, cultural, corporeal, and celestial qualities so that they are analogous and opposing to one another in tandem. These studies give rise to reimagined objects, furniture, and installations that unfold layers of care and confusion.
Wood serves as both a conceptual foundation and a central material in my work. Its historical lineage, versatility, and associations with utility, ritual, and knowledge manifest in various forms, including furniture, sculpture, installation, and assemblage. Themes of reverence, protection, and reaction to grief are expressed through processes that burn, bind, bend, carve, crack, and join wooden surfaces.
Geologic media, such as rocks, gemstones, minerals, and fossils, are other essential elements within this body of work, serving as a bridge between science, spirituality, and memory while also broadening the viewer’s sense of mortality and the passage of time. Drawing on the rich record of Earth’s history, the formation of the universe, and meaning-making, I combine found media with simulacra to create evocative and tactile artworks that are stratified layers of space, texture, and volume.
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brudolf35@gmail.com