October 14- November 5, 2017

Opening reception Saturday October 14th, 6-10pm
Please join Robyn for an informal artist talk on Sunday November 5th at 3pm.

A Growing Dance
Robyn LeRoy-Evans

A Growing Dance is a personal investigation into the body of the mother-artist.

This year has been one of transformation. Often it feels like my body has been given over to another, it is no longer mine. It is something foreign to me, awkward, disjointed, uncomfortable; at the same time, I know it to be a site of tremendous strength and power, a life-giving vessel.

A long-standing fascination with drapery has developed into an exploration of sculptural cloth forms. Drapery has many varied and loaded cultural, historical, and metaphorical connotations. I am most interested in its fetishistic qualities, its fluidity and seductiveness, as well as the parallels that can be drawn between its folds and folds of flesh. At once the material can be both something which hides or reveals, and act as a symbol of, the body.

Using a range of media, with a focus on photography and installation, I have attempted to reconcile my external being with the many complex thoughts and emotions that have arisen internally since becoming a mother.

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to a Canadian mother and Welsh father, Robyn LeRoy-Evans spent much of her early life on the move. The new experiences, emotions, and challenges that unfamiliar locations hold are at the core of her practice, compelling her to make physical responses to her ever-changing surroundings. In 2012 she achieved a First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art from Sheffield Hallam University, U.K. Robyn has exhibited nationally and internationally, and has work in private collections in the U.S., Canada, and U.K. Robyn currently resides in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she is a proud member of The Front.