‘Inner Union’
Hand-burnt lines, hand-dyed fabric (1 yrs. worth of onion skins - Boston, MA - 10.2, 1/2 yr. worth of avocado stones - Boston, MA - 8.28), rattan, and wire on paper
12” x 10”
Framed in whitewashed maple: 16” x 14”
valued at $1,600
about the artist
Katrine hildebrandt-Hussey
(b. 1982) is a Boston-based visual artist whose work is inspired by sacred geometry and the metaphysical mapping of space and time. Using volatile processes like burning paper, the artist creates layered, geometric work. She primarily explores patterns, and meditates on the correlation between chaos and order, permanence and transience, and the interconnectivity of the universe. She earned her BFA at Hartwick College and her MFA in Sculpture at Massachusetts College of Art & Design.
Hildebrandt-Hussey’s work references sacred spaces and architecture from many different cultures, drawing on familiar visual signs or symbols and rearranging them into a new layered map. Every drawing is a diagram of energies and forces that aim to connect the conscious with the unconscious through hypnotic, trance-inducing compositions. The process of handling burning paper is ritualistic and meditative in action, but it also reflects the duality of life, permanence and transience.