Rochelle Voyles "Touch Stone"

Artist Statement

Modern life is a nonsense sandwich slathered with everything you could ever imagine, and sprinkled with more things for you to digest than you’ll ever be able to. My work is a processing of the non stop churning I sense is happening out there, amongst collective humanity. I work with collage, paint, and fiber patterns to create portals into alternate realities, remixing my perceptions into images that are as mashed-up in context as our world has become. Though based and influenced by analogue materials such as found books, magazines, and weaving and cross-stitching diagrams, my works speak to the digital image and its presence in our lives. I work to transform the overwhelm, nihilism, and sense of liminality I feel into expressions of digital cosmic flux. Sometimes the works I create are emotionally charged and unnerving, and sometimes they confront the void in a spiritual, peaceful way.

Artist Bio

Rochelle Voyles is a Brooklyn based multi-disciplinary artist originally from the Midwest. She works with collage, paint, and fiber patterns to create portals into alternate realities, remixing her perceptions into images that are as mashed-up in context as our world has become.

She received her BFA in Fine Arts/Printmaking from Pratt Institute. She was a resident at the Chanorth Chashama Artist Residency in Pine Plains, NY during its April 2021 session. She has shown at galleries in New York such as Peninsula Art Space, La Bodega Gallery, The Local Project, and Real House. Her recent exhibitions include In-Between at The Local Project Gallery, Long Island City, NY; and “What Is Real?” a group show at The Real House, Brooklyn, NY.

Touch Stone, Collage, 8.5” x 5.5”, April 2021, $200