Lindsey Brittain Collins
Bio: Lindsey Brittain Collins is a New York- based visual artist working in painting, collage, sculpture, and installation. Lindsey received her BA in Economics and Sociology from the University of Virginia and her MBA from Columbia Business School. In 2018 she was appointed by the Governor to the Art & Architectural Review Board for the state of Virginia. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Vermont Studio Center and was the recipient of the 2019 Arena Stage Emerging Leader in the Arts Award. Currently, Brittain Collins is an artist-in-residence at the World Trade Center through Silver Art Projects.
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Thesis Exhibition
Artist Statement: What are your memories of a place? The shapes, the light, the darkness, the sound? The history embedded in the material? The way your body moved when you entered the space? I’m fascinated by architecture’s ability to impact the psychological, physical, social, and economic health of a community. I’m equally fascinated by the objectives and motivations of designers and developers of urban spaces. Drawing from history, memory, and personal experience, I make visual narrations that document my encounters with built environments. My work focuses on sharing untold histories and examining the role architecture plays in shaping social and economic structures. Drawing on my academic background in business, economics, and sociology, I examine the topics in my work through a critical lens. My process is heavily research-based while simultaneously spontaneous. I begin each piece by documenting a built environment through photography, historical and archival research, visual analysis, and mapping. I then let the research and documentation lead me to inspiration, informing the composition, and guiding my hand throughout the mark- making process. I create alternative universes that live somewhere between the real and imagined — the past, the present, and the future.
L to R: A few sharp edges, (72” x 120” x 1.5" (diptych), inkjet photographs, archival paper, adhesive tape, metal, 2021); EB-5, (60” x 72” x 1.5,” inkjet photographs, archival paper, adhesive tape, metal, 2021)
First Year Exhibition
Anguish Reaching Into the Sky, (72 x 96 in, Inkjet photocollage, adhesive tape, and acrylic polymer on wood panel, 2020)
Open Studios
