Artist Statement

The focus of my work is the environmental, social, and corporeal violence we enact in our culture– both intended and unintended. My "Jonbenet Lambsey" series addresses the injury we visit upon our most vulnerable citizens when we prematurely force them into an adult world of fetishistic desire. In exploring the male-dominated world of target shooting, I discovered a complex subculture that blends open aggression and mature responsibility. The iconic targets used at the range inspired me to create and then shoot my own images. This puts me into the role initially of perpetrator. Once I rework the pieces, by painting around or embellishing the bullet holes, I become sympathizer, gardener, and healer. The art-making becomes a transformative experience, where a violent act can be stunted, transmuted, and disabled to reflect what culturally we do to most acts of violence: make them unnaturally palatable.

Nancy Baker Cahill February 2008

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Nancy Baker Cahill, Tinlark Gallery, April 2008

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Red Dot Art Fair, (w/Tinlark Gallery), March 2008, New York, NY
Outpost for Contemporary Art, Monster Drawing Rally, September 2007, Los Angeles, CA
Featured artist; Affair at the Jupiter Hotel, September 2007, Portland, OR
A two-person exhibition; Tinlark Gallery April 2007, Hollywood, CA
Mind Full: a group show Tinlark Gallery, January 2007, Hollywood CA
An Evening of Art, Barnsdall Theatre Gallery, January 2007, Los Angeles, CA
fresh stART 2006, an annual exhibition benefiting art therapy programs for at-risk youth, Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA

PUBLICATIONS

Barbara Hashimoto's Books Ceramic Art and Perception no. 40 2000