Artist Statement
My work evolves across the mediums of fiber, painting, sculpture, and installation. Experimenting with process and materials, I explore two and three-dimensional work in immersive installations, sculptures, paintings, and prints. The duality within each medium brings up concepts such as order and chaos, confinement and freedom, and structure and fragility.
At an early age, I was inspired by watching my Italian grandmother sew and create delicate fiber work. I use materials such as thread, wool, felted fibers, and handmade paper, once considered mundane, to create pieces that blur the line between fine art and craft. Working currently with fiber, which wears and tears, serves as an investigation of the beauty found within imperfection and impermanence. Ritual and repetition guide my creative process. Utilizing techniques such as wrapping, tying, stitching, and manipulation, I create forms that evoke both familiarity and ambiguity.
Bio:
Dayna Talbot is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been nationally and internationally exhibited and can be found in public and private collections. Utilizing fiber, paint, and sculptural installations, her more recent work investigates contemporary issues in today’s world.
Born outside of Pittsburgh, PA, she received a BFA with distinction from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and her MFA from Lesley University College of Art and Design. Dayna lives and works in New Hampshire.
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Education
2016 MFA, Visual Arts, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA
2013 Graduate Studies, Plymouth State University, NH,
2007 BFA, Painting, Massachusetts College of Art, MA
Selected Exhibitions
2021 Marking Covid Lives, The Broasd, MIT, Cambridge,MA
2021 Tension:Process in the Making, Twiggs Gallery, Boscawen, NH
2021 The Chemistry of Fiber Lab, LexArts, Lexington, MA
2020 SacredSpaces/Sacred Places, Twiggs Gallery, Boscawen, NH
2020 Threaded, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
2019 Asian Sensibility, Lakes Gallery at Chi Lin, Laconia, NH
2019 Shift Happens, Melanie Carr Gallery, Essex, CT
2019 New in June, Lakes Gallery at Chi Lin, Laconia, NH
2019 I Have a Dream, Galletly Gallery, New Hampton, NH
2018 Seeking Refuge, Twiggs Gallery, Boscawen NH
2018 Glass Ceiling:Limitless View, 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH
2017 Everyday and In-Between, Member’s Gallery, Two Person Exhibition, Concord Center for the Arts,
Concord, MA
2017 Cross Connections, Galletly Gallery, Solo Exhibition, New Hampton, NH.
2017 International Fiber Arts Biennial Exhibition, Juried Exhibition,
Collaborative Project with Surface Design Association, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA.
2017 WIP - Work In Progress, Vandernoot Gallery, Cambridge Ma
2017 Revealing the Internal-Exploring the External,Three Person Exhibition,
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2016 Red, Juried Exhibition, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2016 Selfish, Juried Exhibition, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2016 The Theresa Show, Juried Exhibition, Harriet Tubman Gallery, Boston, MA
2015 Grief and Healing, Chandler Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2014 Members Juried Show, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA,
2013 MassArt Auction, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2013 New Members Show,Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2013 Shifting Landscapes, Juried Exhibition, Arts League of Lowell, Lowell, MA
2013 Encaustic: Luminosity in Wax, Juried Exhibition, Gallery Seven, Maynard, MA
2013 Collector’s Show, Arts League of Lowell Gallery, Lowell, MA
2013 Creative Collaborative, Cambridge Art Association and Maud Morgan, University Place Gallery,
Cambridge, MA
2013 Members Juried I, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, Juror George Nick
2012 Annual Member’s Juried Show, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
2012 Mood Lighting, Evans Encaustics National Juried Show, Sonoma, CA
2012 Members Juried II, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, Juror Perry
2012 Painting: Color Dominates, Evans Encaustics National Juried Show, Sonoma, CA
2011 Annual Member’s Juried Show, The Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
2011 Once and for A.L.L., The Brush Art Gallery, Juried Show, Lowell, MA
2011 Remembering 911 The Encaustic Art Institute, Cerrillos, NM
2011 Members Juried 1,Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, Juror Nina Gara Bozicnik,
Currier Museum of Art
2010 Green” Annual Juried Summer Show, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH, Juror Monroe Denton, Art Historian,
Critic, and Faculty Member School of Visual Arts NYC, NY
2009 Limited Editions, Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, Sandwich, NH
2009 Pink, Collins Gallery, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
2009 Annual Juried Summer Exhibition, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH
2009 Mixed Media Printmaking, Collins Gallery, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
2009 New England Landscapes, Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, Sandwich, NH, Collaborative Project
Collaborative Projects
2020 25 Million Stitches Project, Global Project
2018 No Mistakes Only Opportunities, 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH
2010 Harmony Project, HAbitat for Humanity, The Encaustic Institute, Cerillos, NM
Collections
Enterprise Bank and Trust, Lowell, MA
United Airlines, Boston, MA
Encaustic Art Institute, Cerrillos, NM
Zea Mays, Florence, Ma