ALICIA HUNSICKER: SHIFT

April 1 - 27, 2018
Opening Reception: Sunday, April 1, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

April 1 - April 27, 2018
Opening Reception: Sunday, April 1, 2 PM to 4 PM
Mingle & Schmooze: Sunday, April 22, 2 PM to 4 PM
Hampden Main Gallery:
Alicia Hunsicker: SHIFT

Alicia Hunsicker Description:

Deeply connected to nature and interested in human consciousness, visual artist, Alicia Hunsicker is inspired by both science and spirituality. Shift showcases her recent paintings, sculpture, and installation that explore the territory between the organic and the artificial. Hunsicker says “My paintings and new sculptural straddle the pursuit of beauty, serenity, and spontaneity found in the organic world and the uncertainty and instability of the artificial.”

On view in the main gallery space are a forest of tree sculptures, a garden inspired meditation floor painting, a painting of a sparkling waterfall, alcohol-ink paintings on tiles, and paper flower sculptures in a variety of sizes.

Hunsicker’s ethereal, open ended paintings made their first appearance in a solo show at Hampden Gallery 10 years ago. In this new body of work, aptly titled “shift”, the artist’s signature orbs and floral motifs have have shifted from two to three dimensional.

Her process involves gathering together materials that are headed to be discarded. This body of work is comprised 80% or more of recycled materials. Hunsicker repurposed these materials in unexpected ways -- all while keeping notions of a lush edenic garden somewhere in the mix.

Of the shift that has occurred in the works in the exhibition, Hunsicker writes, “ By keeping my studio practice in line with my spiritual practice I trusted that the resulting works would in some ways express my view of the world.”

Alicia Hunsicker Bio:

Alicia Blaze Hunsicker (UMass Alumni 93) has shown her work both nationally and internationally. She has received numerous grants and awards, and has recently been a resident artist at the D. Fleiss & East West International Artists Residency, Mallnitz, Austria, as well as at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT