About
photo credit: Caroline Valites
Lindsay Jessee Slaughter’s small format works explore the various shapes of space. These explorations present themselves in the form of drawings, paintings, collages and sometimes simultaneously two and three-dimensional works of art. This variety allows the viewer a dual experience. Sculptural elements request the exploration of angles and shadows. Two-dimensional elements demand attention to color and composition on a singular plane.
No matter what form her work takes, the concept of space is central. When she works, Lindsay often thinks about the multiplicity of ways we exist in space at any one time. The process of understanding this multifaceted existence results in a cognitive clash. The resulting work are manifestations of this clash.
Process is central to her work as each piece is begun by photographing spaces that are reminiscent of the work’s final image. After printing these images, she then incorporates sculptural elements into the images by cutting, bending, and folding the digital prints. These spaces and their photographs are sometimes painted and then reincorporated into the work. Compressing these depictions of space and time into one piece opens windows into different realities that push up against one another. This prevents the work from ever being completely grasped. They do not evoke a knee-jerk response, but instead promote the idea that meaning can slowly reveal itself and change over time. They resist immediate conclusions and allow for contemplation through experience, thought and the senses.
After graduating with a B.A. with honors from The University of the South in Sewanee in Tennessee, Lindsay worked at the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C. Here, she spent much of her time in the Rothko room, which she considers a major influence on her work today.
In 2008 she received her M.F.A. in painting from California College of the Arts in San Francisco. She received a Post- Baccalaureate Certificate from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA in 2006.
Lindsay was born in Richmond, VA in 1979. After living in Washington D.C., Boston, San Francisco, and New York City, she settled in Troy, NY where she is a visual arts instructor at Emma Willard School. She has exhibited in Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, and Berlin and her work has been featured in New American Paintings . She was also awarded a residencies at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT in 2008 and the Burren College of Art in County Clare, Ireland.