About:
Kailey Brown is an artist based in Philadelphia, PA. She received her BFA in Printmaking and Art History from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and her MFA in Fine Arts at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. From 2018-2020, she completed her master woodblock training as the International Artist-in-Residence at the Heilongjiang Art Museum and Heilongjiang Printmaking Institute, as well as worked on translation editing (English/Chinese) for traveling exhibitions featured throughout China, Hong Kong, Oxford University, the Tate and the Louvre. She completed her certification in Electro Etching in Gran Canaria, Spain with Alfonso Crujera in 2022. She has attended numerous residencies, and has taught printmaking at various community printshops and universities. Her work is featured in permanent collections and has been exhibited both within the US and internationally. She currently works as a printshop assistant at PAFA. She also teaches Printmaking, Book Arts, and Ceramics at Moravian University.
Statement:
The work I create is a process of reimagining and reframing my memories of landscapes into a considered narration of what I saw, during a time when my worldview was shaped by what others told me.
When I close my eyes, the world goes black and I cannot remember specifics of what the land looked like. But I can recall there was grass and it was green and wet and the color red was present. This recollection is the foundation of my practice and drives what happens next. I reenter the memory, or allow it to collaborate with others to build a landscape image of layered color. This amending of my recollections resolves into a narrative that I now understand.
I make prints in all forms of printmaking with a focus in lithographs and woodblocks, as well as artist books, exploring memories of land and earth. Spending months carving woodblocks, graining stones, mixing ink, and even making my own paper I develop a further appreciation for my materials and the landscapes they enable me to create.
My love for the land leads me to a place of intimacy within my memories and how I experience the world. This narration allots a comprehension of the past while recognizing the present in its totality.