Autumn Casey | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1987 West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | BFA New World School of the Arts, Miami MFA Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia |
| Known for | Sculpture, Installation, Video art, Performance art |
| Website | autumncasey |
Autumn Casey (born 1987, West Palm Beach, Florida) is a Miami-based multimedia artist working in sculpture and installations, mixing found and collected objects with fabric, wire, and resin, among other materials, to create a psychedelic-like look and feel in her artistic practice.[1]
Early life and Education
Autumn Casey's grandmother was a June Taylor dancer, an antique dealer, and a doll-maker. Her scraps and memorabilia are often seen or referenced in Casey's work.[1]
Casey received a BA from New World School of the Arts, Miami, and an MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.[2]
Work
Autumn Casey's screaming performance during Art Basel Miami Beach 2012 was covered by the Huffington Post.[3] Casey's 2014 solo show Autumn Casey: Amalgama displayed installations, sculptures, and video, and gathered family heirlooms and found objects to comment on human relations, memories, and time.[4][5]
In 2016, the solo exhibition Balancing Infinity, While Hanging Upside Down. Watching Lovers Fall from Grace, Underneath the Ground was inspired by the 1910 Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot Deck, from A.E. Waite and Pamela Coleman Smith.[6] In 2019, the Miami Herald profiled Casey.[7]
She was a Summer Open resident at Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, in 2021. She was granted a Home + Away Residence at Anderson Ranch Arts Center from Oolites Arts, Miami, in 2022.[2]
In 2024, Casey expanded on her interest in Louis Comfort Tiffany's signature lamps and stained glass compositions, which the artist saw for the first time during a visit to the Queens Museum, New York, years back, to create the series Fantasy and Her Fantasies.[1] The solo exhibition Fantasy and Her Fantasies, drew attention to the all-women design team at Women's Glass Cutting Department of Louis Comfort Tiffany's workshop, and it was on view in The Future Perfect gallery, East Village, New York, showcasing Autumn Casey "illuminated sculptures" in spring of 2024.[8][9][10]
In an interview with Surface magazine, Casey listed a few of her artistic references, including names in likes of Niki de Saint Phalle, Ree Morton, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Agnes Denes, and Cecilia Vicuña.[11]
Collections
Casey's work is featured in the collections of the Pérez Art Museum Miami; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA).[2]
References
- ^ a b c Nast, Condé (2024-02-06). "Artist Autumn Casey Puts a Playful, Floridian Spin on the Iconic Tiffany Lamp". Vogue. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ a b c "Autumn Casey". Oolite Arts. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Artist Screams At Basel". HuffPost. 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Autumn Casey, Agalma". The Miami Rail. 2014-09-17. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Autumn Casey: Agalma". www.miamidesigndistrict.com. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Autumn Casey: Balancing Infinity, While Hanging Upside Down. Watching Lovers Fall from Grace, Underneath the Ground | My Art Guides". My Art Guides | Your Compass in the Art World. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Autumn Casey - video artist". The Miami Herald. February 7, 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
- ^ Article, Katie White ShareShare This (2024-02-24). "Autumn Casey's New Sculptures Are a Millennial Riff on Tiffany Lamps". Artnet News. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Fantasy and Her Fantasies". The Future Perfect. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "Tiffany Studios designers, Morse Museum, Winter Park, Florida". The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ Waddoups, Ryan (2024-02-02). "Designer of the Day: Autumn Casey". SURFACE. Retrieved 2024-05-07.