On View Now:

The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Asbury Park NJ
OCD (obsessive compulsive designs), Group Show
Openging reception March 3rd 6-9pm
March 3rd - April 27th

Myrtle Hall Gallery, Pratt Institute
Works by Pratt Institute Alumni and Current Students, Group Show
Summer 2011 - Summer 2013

Bio:
Megan Suttles is a Brooklyn based artist, founder and curator of Hot Wood Arts, and a higher education administrator at Pratt Institute. For more information please see resume.

Statement:
Every now and then I find myself in these situations where it is very difficult to control the way I see, touch, smell, talk, breathe, everything.  My vision becomes blurry, the world spins.  It happens randomly, triggered by seemingly mundane occurrences: sound, wind, large crowds, solitude. Over the years I have learned to conceal these episodes by constructing a container.  Through various breathing techniques and concentration, I am able to contain the chaos to the point where it becomes invisible.  My work has become focused on revealing this chaos; making the invisible visible again. I have found it very rewarding not knowing what my outcome will be, while working within self-imposed boundaries.  Through gestural mark-making both on paper and in space, I have revealed my understanding of the difference between uncertainty and certainty.  Building on this concept even further my most recent work consists of more of these gestural chaotic forms but contained within a structure or some type of geometric shape.  Through this work I have been exploring the eternal struggle between restraint and disorder: the way we tend to conceal our inner confusion with the outward appearance of refinement and perfection.