Artist Statement

Kendra Grace Brock

Growing up in the desert foothills of Albuquerque, I made projects with dirt, glass, rusty metal and clay. It was an escape. Laying alone in the sun, contemplating nature, and experiencing those wind-changed sands is still a favorite nature experience for me today. This interconnectedness with nature that grew inside me developed into my passion for working both with my raw clay figures that disintegrate over time and recycled cast iron. Both speak to concepts of impermanence. Iron rusts and clay, depending on its makeup, slowly or quickly erodes, breaks and shifts.

The effects of time on surfaces of materials and inside structures themselves represent our life’s changes and ephemerality. They can indicate death, renewal, and regrowth. The photographic quality of my polaroid transfers speaks to memories or future experiences as they integrate a reference to a specific time, person, or place.

Installation art, performance art, music, and dance are experiential and bold in nature and often influence my artistic process. My choice of materials, color, and form integrates with the specific concepts of domestic violence, body image, war, feminism and their relation to each other and their affects on the world. I enjoy creating an art experience where the beauty, the ugly, and the information create an inner-woven dialogue for me and the people experiencing my work.