Anna Buckner
Artist Statement:
In uncertainty I turn to stories. Recently, the prevailing uncertainty in my life has been my introduction to motherhood. In these works, I navigate motherhood through mythmaking–adapting older stories and forming them into new shapes. My artistic process follows a similar approach, adapting older forms of making like quilting and appliqué to tell new stories. Nursing, seagulls protecting their young, great blue herons building nests, the monotony of it all. The stories I tell offer no solutions–they are both observations and daydreams. They help me to feel comfortable in not knowing, allowing me to inhabit the tenuousness of motherhood and reflect on the magical and ephemeral moments.
Bio:
Anna Buckner (b. 1989, North Carolina, USA) is an interdisciplinary maker and educator, interested in exploring the limits of existing structures within painting, language, textile patterning, new media, and emerging modes of teaching and learning. Buckner received her MFA from Indiana University in 2016 and a BFA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2012. Her works have been exhibited in museums and galleries nationally with recent shows at The Mint Museum (Charlotte, NC), Brandt Roberts Gallery (Columbus, OH), Bad Water (Knoxville, TN), Blue Spiral Gallery (Asheville, NC), and Kathryn Markel (New York, NY). Her work has been published in multiple catalogs and galleries, including Textiel Plus (Netherlands), New American Paintings (USA), and New York Magazine (USA). She has been an artist in residence at Unlisted Projects (Austin, TX), Design Inquiry (Vinalhaven, ME), and Konstepedimen (Gothenburg, Sweden).
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