1878 Gallery

October 3 - November 18, 2018

Opening Reception Saturday, October 3, 2018
6:00 – 9:00 PM
Artist talk at 6:30 PM

Jasmyne Graybill
Cultivate

Cultivate is an exhibition of intricate, small-scale sculptures by Jasmyne Graybill. Using dental tools, the artist meticulously sculpts polymer clay into fictional organisms grafted onto domestic objects. Inspired by nature's uncanny ability to flourish in synthetic environments, Graybill’s work visually references barnacles that encrust coastal piers and colonies of mold that fester in the dark voids within our homes. Everyday household objects like spoons, plates, or garden tools become transformed, as these fictional cultures visually adapt to the texture, color, and patterns of the host object. Scrutinizing the processes of adaptation, each work celebrates nature’s resiliency, finding wonder and beauty in the most denigrated elements of our environment. 

Jasmyne Graybill is an Associate Professor of Fine Arts at Northeast Lakeview College in San Antonio, TX. She received her Master in Fine Arts at University of Texas in San Antonio in 2008 and her Bachelor of Fine Arts at University of North Texas in 2003. Graybill uses sculpture and installation to pose questions about our relationship with nature and our constructed environments. Her work has been featured regionally and nationally, including group exhibitions such as “Reclaimed by Nature” at the Blue Star Contemporary (San Antonio, TX), “(in)Organic” at the Racine Art Museum (Racine, WI), as well as solo exhibitions at Women and Their Work (Austin, TX), The McKinney Avenue Contemporary Gallery (Dallas, TX), The Dishman Museum of Art (Beaumont, TX) and Lawndale Art Center (Houston, TX). In 2009 she was awarded “Best in Show” by Juror Mel Chin at the Texas National 2009 at the Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX and in 2010 she was awarded the Dallas Museum of Art’s Kimbrough Artist Grant.

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