Based on the Grimm’s fairy tale of the same name.
LOUISVILLE, KY (AAPNW) – On view at the Kentucky Museum through Sunday, January 22, 2023, “Natureish/Nurtureish” is an exhibition featuring Louisville-based artist Monica Stewart, who specializes in cut paper and fiber art with new works that imagines an alternative reality characterized by the cooperation between humans and their environment.
Throughout the her exhibit, artist Stewart asks us to contemplate our relationship to each other and to the world around us as we enter a new era marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing climate crisis.
Within Stewart’s whimsical world, moths drink the tears of sleeping birds and human bodies hold the capacity to host plant life; thusly, she examines the biological phenomena of symbiosis which is the interaction between two organisms.
About
Works by Monica Stewart demonstrates exemplary technical skill and precision in assembling imaginary scenes of feminine endurance and creativity. Through the use of cut paper and fiber, her work takes on an additional dimension of societal critique in which mediums considered “women’s work” are recognized as fine art. She has exhibited at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts (Gatlinburg, TN), the Cressman Center for Visual Art (Louisville, KY), Revelry Gallery (Louisville, KY) and Tim Faulkner Gallery (Louisville, KY). She holds a BFA in painting from Murray State University and an MFA from the University of Louisville, where she currently teaches studio art. In addition, she is a Hadley Creatives alum (2019) and was awarded the Emerging Artist Award by Louisville Visual Art in 2019.