Movements
by Maria Britton
May 3rd - June 28th
Movements features Maria Britton’s most recent abstract paintings, newspaper pulp sculptures, and sewn wall-based works, called Draperies, made from patterned bed sheets. Through her use of everyday materials including bed sheets and newspapers, Maria transforms objects typically on their way out the door into an opportunity to elevate and extend experiences of liminality. Her work explores notions of femininity and feminism, high and low forms of making, and dreams and disasters. Through her combination of an intuitive, gestural approach with carefully sewn and sculpted works, she playfully blurs the high and low art divide while calling attention to often overlooked techniques, materials, and perspectives. Influenced by clothing construction, the human body, curtains, windows, flowers, and cycles in nature, Maria’s work is a material exploration of the immaterial.
Photo by Sally Van Gorder
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Maria Britton (b. 1982, Florence, SC) lives and works in Carrboro, NC. She has participated in artist residencies through Lighthouse Works, Hambidge Center, Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Petrified Forest National Park, and Vermont Studio Center. Her recent group exhibitions include the Weatherspoon Art Museum, North Carolina Museum of Art, Lump Gallery, and Atlanta Contemporary. Maria earned her BFA from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC, and her MFA from UNC Chapel Hill. From 2015-2020, she co-directed an experimental art gallery called LOG. Maria has worked around 50 jobs as a housecleaner, educator, stain and glaze dental technician, direct support professional, photo re-toucher, hospital artist-in-residence working directly with oncology patients, and rideshare driver.
