CASEY FIGUEROA

Casey Figueroa is a multi-disciplinary artist focused on exploring light and color in various forms of expression.
Drawing on a diverse set of influences, ranging from stained glass, street art, and Indigenous methodologies,
Casey recently graduated Montana State University with an MFA in Studio Arts, and an MA in Native American studies.

Having returned to Plymouth, MA post graduation, Casey has been focused on supporting the arts community locally; presenting
multiple iterations of Hybrid Objects, a large-scale temporary installation, curating Indigenous Art exhibits for the
Plymouth Center for the Arts, creating new work for the several solo shows planned for the year, and most recently having
been accepted into a VR certificate program, to continue building his toolbox of techniques and mediums.

Casey is known for his bold, colorful works, diverse body of work, and insightful observation. Operating from a formalist standpoint,
Casey focus on the material qualities of the various mediums he utilizes in order to re-contextualize and expand expression.
In addition to his work creating art, Casey also has made it part of his professional mission to create opportunities for local Indigenous artists to share their work with the fine art world.

HYBRID OBJECTS

STATEMENT FROM THE ARTIST :

“Hybrid Objects is the culmination of the last five years of research in Native American Studies, and Fine Arts. My research was centered around understanding paradigms and methodologies used in Native Studies and applying those methodologies to the process of creating Art.

Hybrid Objects examines how identity is constructed, how perspective changes with the observer, and the fragility of identity over time. The repurposing and recontextualization utilized in my work speaks to the process by which identity is continually reformed in response to environment and changes. Hybrid Objects also speaks to the question of what praxis of Native American Methodologies can look like and why that is of value to the conversation of Contemporary Art.. By engaging with methodologies found outside the mainstream we will develop a more diverse set of tools with which to explore the questions we undertake as artists..”

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E-mail: stonebear@yahoo.com to contact Casey Figueroa.
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