2021 Artist in Residence

MOA welcomes Jodi Stuart as one of our 2021 Artists in Residence.

Jodi Stuart explores the aesthetic of the digital technologies which saturate our lives, in relation to tactile and sensory experience. Stuart subverts the materials and tools of high-tech culture through her chosen materials, laborious and tactile processes. Her woven sculptural forms are made using the plastic filaments intended for 3d digital printing. By using a ‘3d-pen’ Stuart has replaced the computer with the human hand in a nostalgic gesture towards tactile experience. Her combination of two-dimensional background prints and three-dimensional forms combines to activate an uneasy virtual/optical space between the two formats. A space where craft traditions such as weaving, knitting, basket making are juxtaposed with abstracted virtual space and biomorphic forms.

Jodi Stuart – was born in New Zealand, where she attained a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Manukau Institute of Technology, Auckland in 1999, and an MFA from Auckland University in 2001. Stuart currently lives, works and teaches in Denver, Colorado. As well as exhibiting in her home country of New Zealand, Jodi has exhibited in California, Colorado, Michigan, Maryland, Texas and Washington.