H Y B R I D - C R O S S I N G: Exhibition Statement

This body of work is a collection of oil paintings utilizing color relationships to describe experiences of crossing. Through exploring tensions of line forms and textured color fields, these paintings express the beauty of hybrid crossing, while mapping out abstract relationships of bodies and landscapes. Hybrid being is manifested in the existence mentally, spiritually, and physically between two paradigms, cultures, and connections to place. Hybrid being spends time crossing and contemplating the differences of paradigm and mapping out of the space in-between. Kaila Farrell-Smith is working on her MFA at Portland State University and will graduate in 2014, she received her BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2004. Kaila teaches and mentors at Journey’s in Creativity an indigenous youth art camp at Oregon College of Arts and Craft in Portland, Oregon and has shown at emerging regional and international exhibits since 2003.