For commissions, project inquiries, or to purchase original collages, please contact me via email:
kcb@breakingbabb.com
ARTIST STATEMENT
Collage is the most natural medium for me to work in, as it inherently possesses a dreamlike quality, and allows for a fair amount of free association. Rather than recontextualize found images by juxtaposing them against each other, I repurpose elements from several found images to create more illustrative work that stands independent of the original imagery.
Although I studied illustration, printmaking, photography, and animation, I found the tyranny of a blank canvas difficult to overcome. Collage removes that obstacle, allowing me to daydream, to enter into a dialog with the pieces, to find connections. It is a much more intuitive process for me to “macgyver” images together than to create something from absolutely nothing.
Dreams have always been a core aspect of my life, and I was raised in a neon and fluorescent candy-colored world where every book had a movie, every movie had an accompanying toy line, and every toy line had an animated series. I spend a lot of time pulling from inner worlds, but when the external world is populated by mutants, monsters, punks, and demons, what’s the difference?
These concepts are filtered through my affinity for low-budget aesthetics, bootlegs, and schlocky movies, which are the foundation of my artistic process.
Education
2017: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art, Cum Laude, emphasis in illustration and printmaking at University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO.
Selected Exhibitions
2023: 4th Annual Open Theme Exhibition, The In Art Gallery - Online Exhibition
2022: Faculty Portrait Show, UCM Gallery of Art & Design – Warrensburg, Missouri
2022: 3rd Annual Open Theme Exhibition, The In Art Gallery - Online Exhibition
2020: Threshold, Nightjar Gallery - Kansas City, Missouri
2020: Subterranean Sidewalks, Artist and Craftsman Supply - Kansas City, Missouri
2018: ICON10 (Motion Commotion), College for Creative Studies - Detroit, Michigan
2017: Virtual to Physical, Manhattan Graphics Center – New York, New York
2016: Propaganda, UCM Gallery of Art & Design – Warrensburg, Missouri
2015: In Dreams, UCM Gallery of Art & Design – Warrensburg, Missouri
2015: Under the Break, UCM Gallery of Art & Design – Warrensburg, Missouri
2014: Monster in the Closet, UCM Gallery of Art & Design – Warrensburg, Missouri
Published In
Creative Quarterly no. 70, 2023
3x3 Annual no. 19, 2022
Creative Quarterly no. 67, 2022
Excuse Me Mag #6, Spring 2022
Excuse Me Mag #2, Winter 2020
Creative Quarterly no. 56, 2019
Creative Quarterly no. 54, 2018
Creative Quarterly no. 53, 2018
Brut Magazine #3, Summer 2018
ArtCultZine #5, Fall 2017
Brut Magazine, Summer 2016
Featured On
Trump le Monde, 2019-2020
Ladder & Key (interview), Summer 2018
The Postdigital Printmaker, Spring 2016
Awards / Recognition
Creative Quarterly no. 70, Winner: 2022
3x3 International no. 19, Merit: 2022
Creative Quarterly no. 67, Winner: 2022
Creative Quarterly no. 62, Runner Up: 2020
Creative Quarterly no. 57, Runner Up: 2019
Creative Quarterly no. 56, Winner: 2019
3x3 International no. 16, Honorable Mentions: 2019
Creative Quarterly no. 55, Runner Up: 2019
Creative Quarterly no. 54, Winner: 2018
Creative Quarterly no. 53, Winner: 2018
Creative Quarterly no. 52, Runner Up: 2018
3x3 International no. 14, Honorable Mentions: 2017
49th Annual Citation Exhibition Award: 2017
John W. Lynch Scholarship in Art: 2016
Clients
KC Zine Con
Paragraph Line
Planet Bizarro Press
Psychedelic Horror Press
Rooster Republic Press
Strange Edge Publications
Transient Creative Group
we are the karma kids
UCM Dept. of Art and Design
Bruce Lee Review