ALYSIA MACAULAY

Reshape / Reshuffle

July 11 - 25, 2020

Selected Works                Exhibition Statement.          Artist Statement       Artist CV 

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Missed the Virtual Opening Reception? 

You can watch it here.

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Thank you to everyone who joined us on July 11 via Zoom to celebrate Alysia Macaulay's solo exhibition titled Reshape And Reshuffle. 

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EXHIBITION STATEMENT

LaiSun Keane is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of Boston artist, Alysia Macaulay, titled Reshape And Reshuffle from July 11 - 25, 2020 to be held at our special Pop-Up location in Wellesley.

The mixed media-photographic collages of Alysia Macaulay challenge us to reconsider the natural world during this time of upheaval. For obvious reasons, the COVID19 pandemic and ongoing civil activism have significantly impacted our lives and Alysia Macaulay’s work speaks to this reconfigured world. This exhibition features her recent works of archival pigment prints on paper. Using draftsman’s instruments, Macaulay cuts printed photographs and papers and composes them into collages of ambiguous nature scenes framed or overlaid with highly saturated geometric colored shapes. 

Macaulay explains that for this series, she “reshaped and reshuffled our waters and skies, to create new ways of looking at the world, a more inspired, inclusive, focused world.” According to Macaulay, this was her “way of taking control in a time when everything feels very much out of control. It is {her} way of pushing for change, encouraging disruption, challenging the way we see things. Change is good. Change is necessary.” 

In essence, Macaulay’s work allows us to see the world around us through an altered lens, giving us alternative views and possibilities. For this exhibition, she has included her song playlist to give sounds to the sights she is presenting. The list is available on our website delivered via Spotify. 

Macaulay studied photography at the International Center of Photography in New York and received her BA in Art History from William Smith College. She lived in New York City for a number of years, before moving back to her hometown of Boston in 2015. 

A virtual reception will be held via Zoom on July 11, 5 - 6pm EST and a meet the artist event at our pop up location at 15 Central St Wellesley MA on July 18, 5 – 6pm. 

Please email info@laisunkeane.com to RSVP for the Virtual Reception and Meet The Artist.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Reshape and Reshuffle

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Chaotic. Fragmented. Damaged. These are words frequently used to describe the world in which we live today, be it outside our window, in our nations capital or across continents.

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In this series of collages, I have reshaped and reshuffled our waters and skies, to create new ways of looking at the world, a more inspired, inclusive, focused world. In a sense, this is my way of taking control in a time when everything feels very much out of control. It is my way of pushing for change, encouraging disruption, challenging the way we see things. Change is good. Change is necessary. I want to inspire people to look at our world with fresh eyes.

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We can do good. We can do better.

SONG PLAYLIST SELECTED BY THE ARTIST

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ALYSIA MACAULAY: RESHAPE AND RESHUFFLE

July 11 - 25, 2020

Online and in gallery 

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Music helps us connect to a place, an event, an experience and in this case, the art of Alysia Macaulay. 

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Listen to Alysia's song playlist while you slide through the images of her artwork. The combination of sight and sound allows us to really appreciate the person behind the work. 

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ARTIST CV

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020        Reshape and Reshuffle, LaiSun Keane Gallery, Lexington, MA

2018        Aionios, Private Art Salon Hosted by 555 Gallery, Boston, MA

2014        Summer Lull, French + Italian, Marblehead, MA

2012        The Quiet, The Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston, MA

2010        The Quiet, Umbrella Arts, New York, New York

GROUP and JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2019        Homeward Bound, Curators: Elin Spring and Suzanne Revy, Panopticon Gallery, Boston

2019        Double Take, Curators: Elin Spring and Suzanne Revy, Griffin Museum satellite gallery, Stoneham

2017        Tree Talk, Curator: Paula Tognarelli, The Griffin Museum of Photography, Online Gallery

2017        Autumn 2017 Fridge Show, Curator: Brian Paul Clamp, The Curated Fridge, Flashpoint Festival, Gallery Kayafas

2017        Third Annual Group Show, Juror: Paula Tognarelli, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, New York

2017        23rd Juried Exhibition for Instagram, Curator: Paula Tognarelli, The Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston, MA

2017        The Visual Armistice, Plates to Pixels 10th Annual Juried Show, Curator: Blue Mitchell, Diffusion Magazine/One Twelve                           Publishing 

2017        STARE, Curator: Karen Haas, Lane Curator of Photographs, MFA Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, Boston City Hall

2017        Aviary, Curator: Paula Tognarelli, The Griffin Museum of Photography at Layfayette City Century Gallery, Boston, MA     

2016        2016 Annual Group Show, Juror: Paula Tognarelli, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, New York

2016        Family Outing, 555 Gallery, Boston, MA

2016        July/August Fridge Show, Curator: Paula Tognarelli, The Curated Fridge

2016        Same but Different, New York Center for Photographic Arts, Juror: Darren Ching, *Juror’s Selection

2016        2016 Open Juried Exhibition, Juror: Paula Tognarelli, Vermont Center for Photography

2015        Off the Grid, Umbrella Arts, New York, NY

2013        ArtSI in the Barn, Shelter Island, NY

2013        Family Politics, Curator: Matt Martin, The Photocopy Club, London, England

2013        Mapping: Borders, Bodies, Memories, Juror: Paula Tognarelli, Filter Photo Festival, David Weinberg Photography, Chicago

2013        Wide Open 4, Juror: Carrie Springer, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2013        Open Water, Juror: Jennifer Schwartz, The Kiernan Gallery,  Lexington, VA

2012        Secrets & Mysteries, Juror: Catherine Edelman, Darkroom Gallery, VT

2012        The Griffin Museum of Photography 18th Juried Exhibition, Juror: Paul Kopeikin, Boston, MA

2012        74th Annual Guild Hall Artist Members Exhibition, East Hampton, NY

2012        HOME, Juror: Harvey Stein, Umbrella Arts, New York, NY

2012        Wide Open 3, Juror: Charlotta Kotik, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2011         Coastal Life, Havens Gallery, Shelter Island, NY

2011        DINNER, Juror: Harvey Stein, Umbrella Arts, New York, NY

2011        HOME…IS WHERE THE CAMERA IS, Juror: Julie Blackmon, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT

2010        9th Annual Small Works Show, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY

2010        BED TWO, Juror: Harvey Stein, Umbrella Arts, New York, NY

2009        8th Annual Small Works Show, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY

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AWARDS

2017        Certain Places, L.A. Photo Curator, First Place, Curator: Karen Klinedinst

2016        Same but Different, New York Center for Photographic Arts,  Juror’s Selection, Juror: Darren Ching

2013        Backyard, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Honorable Mention

2013        International Kontinent Awards, Official Selection, Fine Art Projects

PUBLICATIONS

2017        Yankee Magazine, My New England, Honorable Mention

2016        Don’t Take Pictures Magazine, Online Exhibition, Still Life

2013        F-STOP Magazine, Issue #59 True/False

2012        F-STOP Magazine, Issue #51 Portraits

EDUCATION

2009-2011    International Center of Photography, New York

1989          William Smith College, BA - Art History