Michelle Mashon
http://michellemashon.wordpress.com/
mmashon@gmail.com
773.983.0626
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My
art
career
has
toured
a
varied
&
winding
path,
through
collaboration
with
various
dance
and
theater
groups,
set
and
video
design,
teaching,
community
projects
and
art
event
production.
I
attempted
to
assimilate
art‐making
into
every
aspect
of
my
life,
only
to
realize
that
aligning
it
to
its
own
space
has
given
me
the
most
freedom
to
focus
on
creating.
Those
experiences,
however,
did
influence
my
methodology
in
ways
that
a
direct
artistic
path
would
not
have.
It
has
become
more
important
for
me
to
expand
concepts
into
a
social,
yet
personal,
story‐telling
context
and
to
conceive
ways
in
which
my
2D
work
can
expand
through
dimensional
space,
incorporating
the
audience
and
allowing
them
to
affect
the
work
and
be
part
of
the
creative
process.
I
aim
to
examine
the
possibilities
in
which
printmaking
can
be
incorporated
into
other
2D
media
and
ways
in
which
I
can
utilize
the
repetition
and
processes
of
printmaking
as
a
statement
in
my
work.
This
has
further
led
me
to
my
current
aesthetic goals‐
to
expose
subtleties
and
to
reveal
the
minor
narratives lost
in
the
bigger
picture
by
removing
imagery
from
its
context
&
exploring
the
opportunities
that
arise
for
the
viewer’s
appropriation
and
ownership.
I
wish
to
continue
creating
large‐scale
installation
pieces
collaboratively,
which draw the
viewer
into
a
proactive role
and
result
in
a
greater
impact
on
the
public. As an educator,
I
believe
greater
involvement
creates
a
greater
understanding and this
public
empowerment
is
a
necessary
objective
in
my
art
making.