About the artist
Colleen Critcher is a visual artist fascinated by commodity culture, kitsch, and plastic things. Her artworks obsessively explore images of mystical garden gnomes, unicorns, and dinosaur figures as she investigates the powerful significance of seemingly menial images revealed in contemporary life.
Colleen Critcher holds an M.F.A. in Painting from Savannah College of Art and Design. After a decade of university teaching and gallery administration, she currently maintains a painting and printmaking studio in South Carolina. Her works have been shown at Redux Contemporary Art Center, Kai Lin Art, Gutstein Gallery, and 701 Center for Contemporary Art. She has been featured by The Jealous Curator, Create Magazine, and PXP Contemporary.
“There is so much about art that connects us to one another. The simple act of making something to inspire thought is perhaps my favorite aspect of visual works. In my attempt to understand and comment on commodity culture, I found that human nature is always searching for meaning in everything. ”