Architectural structures, poised in a moment between imminent collapse and perpetual construction, suggest a strangely funny and dreadful event on the verge of becoming. Absurd, biomorphic creatures appear to pause in the midst of creeping, oozing or watching. Additional elements, furtively placed among the architecture, intensify the potential for a narrative.
I create installations as tableaus to activate the irritating space within language, architecture and the body, which evades certain knowing. The posed drama of the architectural "stage" exists in a state of limbo until the viewer chooses to enter, becoming both spectator and actor. Useless or interstitial spaces invite peeping, the object's integrity is questionable and boundaries defining the real, the remembered and the virtual are playfully confused. The disruption between expectations and perception arouses new possibilities.
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exhibitions and events
Spotlight Award
Best Sculptor 2008
April 16, 2009
Spotlight New England
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
November 7, 2008 - February 1, 2009
The Brattle Theater 5th Annual Art Benefit
The Longy School Of Music, Pickman Hall, Cambridge, MA
September 28, 2008
A Gathering of New Hampshire Visual Arts Fellows: The Last Decade
Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
October 3 - November 29, 2008
The 2008 DeCordova Annual Exhibition
The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
May 10 - August 17, 2008
Momentum VI
George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
April 26 - June 1, 2008

BOOKS & CATALOGUES
Spotlight New England: Kirsten Reynolds
Currier Museum of Art, November 7, 2008 - February 1, 2009. Catalogue essay by Sharon Matt Atkins. (pdf - 5MB)
The Wily Ploy.
Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, June 16 - July 21, 2007. Catalogue essay by John Massier. (pdf - 565KB)
(un)Building.
Boston Center for the Arts, Mills Gallery, June 8 - July 29, 2007. Catalogue essay by Dina Dietsch (pdf - 440KB).
The 2008 Annual Exhibition.
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, May 10 - August 17, 2008. Catalogue essay by Dina Dietsch.
Eklund, Jane. Currier Hosts Show by 2007 Fellow.
NH State Council on the Arts Biennial Report, March 2009,16-17. (pdf - 6MB)
Beem, Edgar Allen. Deconstructing Architecture for Fun.
Yankee Magazine, December 4, 2008.
Spinali, Andrew. Building Curiosity.
The Nashua Telegraph, November 9, 2008.
Johnson, Chloe. Greater Expectations.
The Wire, November 28, 2008.
McQuaid, Cate. Group Show Builds on Architecture and Science.
The Boston Globe, July 5, 2007.
Law, Patrick Cracking the Mold.
The Wire, October 24, 2007.
McCartin, Jeanne. 'Evidence' of Potential.
The Portsmouth Herald, October 2007.