Glyneisha J: 2015

Monday, March 23, 2015

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

With my past experience of using blogger, I feel pretty comfortable with the process of writing and posting blogs. In the upcoming weeks, I anticipate the content of my blog posts to shift into artistic oriented posts dealing with my personal phenomena of making and creating artwork.

I have been struggling a little bit with the design aspect of my blog. I would like it to be simple and concise but still represent my artistic style. I am sure that an addition of a personalized header will reflect who I am as an artist.

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Blog Specifics

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Black on black background with accents of orange,blue, and grey

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Bio

Glyneisha Johnson is currently a sophomore at The Kansas City Art Institute, studying with a double major in Painting and Creative Writing. Before attending the Kansas City Art Institute, she received her diploma from the prestigious Booker T Washington Magnet High School for the Performing and visual arts in Dallas, Texas, her hometown.

Glyneisha has participated in various gallery shows, juried exhibitions, and film festivals in Kansas City, Missouri and Dallas, Texas. Including her solo show, "Abstraction Through the Mundane,” The Young American Talent Exhibition, and the Dallas International Film Festival.

At KCAI, Glyneisha holds leadership in her school Art Play organization and she is also the Executive Vice President for her school's Black Artist Culture and Community organization.

Recently, Glyneisha was chosen to be apart of the Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Summer Program at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art. She is now a tour ambassador for the Kansas City Art Institute and a student office assistant for KCAI's admission's department.

Artist Statement

I was born with two strikes against me, being black and being a woman. My race and gender directly influences my work as an artist because my subject is often the Black Urban Culture. Through performance art, I set out to evoke emotions and start conversations by appealing to all the senses of my viewers. I find that connection creates an immediate bond that blurs the boundaries between myself, as an artist, and my audience, as viewers. The shift in roles speaks to my interests surrounding identity and the self. Much of my work is about translating the black experience into something that is tangible and familiar. I deal with social issues is society that are covered in layers of covert tactics to make them seem less unjust than what they truly are.

Goals and Objectives of My Process Blog

I would like to use my process blog a reference point to record my process of thinking through the process of making art.

The process blog will include updated entries that will track the progress of extensive studio assignments and or projects that I am working on, along with a photograph. Professional documentation of final pieces will also be included on the blog and shared to various social media websites.

Essentially, I would like to use the blog as an agent of translation between my thoughts, artwork, and viewers.