May 23
The Residency Presents: Claire Kiester
The Residency Presents:
Artist: Claire Kiester
Curated by Carla Aaron Lopez
Meet the Artist: Claire Kiester is a multidisciplinary artist from Chapel Hill, NC. She completed her BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and now resides in Charlotte, NC. She uses line, texture and layering to alter our perception of our everyday lives. Kiester aims to reduce her waste as an artist by utilizing recycled materials and eco-friendly production methods. In recent projects, she is exploring pattern and repetition as a visual tool and performative process of making. This work investigates the systems within our society and the residue they leave behind.
Her work has been featured in galleries and events such as Goodyear Arts, McColl Center, The Compound Gallery in Emeryville, CA, and The LeRoy Nieman Center in Chicago, IL. She has created many large-scale public art installations throughout North Carolina. These include her pieces for The Charlotte International Arts Festival, Charlotte SHOUT!, and Uproar Festival of Public Art in Chapel Hill, NC.
Kiester currently works as a teaching artist at Studio 345, an afterschool program for at-risk youth, and as an artist in the greater Charlotte community.
Come join us for a wonderful night filled with art, community and conversation.
Light refreshments will be served.