Cassidy Barnett

mixed-media artist

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My practice explores the relationship between materiality and memory. How recollection shifts, distorts, and embeds itself in material. Through layers of painting and fabric manipulation, I explore how memory is an evolving archive shaped by perspective. The physicality of acrylic paint or stitching into fabric, mirrors the imprint of time on our experiences. Layering chiffon over my paintings mimics the thick fog within the mind. Found objects and personal artifacts such as photos, textiles, postcards, and other small keepsakes, serve as vessels in which I examine how memory is made, preserved, and retold. I am drawn to moments of overlap between personal narrative and collective consciousness, where a seemingly quiet object can become a conduit for shared meaning. 


Supper at Six

Acrylic paint and silk chiffon.
47”x35”
2024

My grandma collects teacups and once a year I take each one down off their shelf with her and remove all the dust. Every year she reminds me of where each one has come from, the last time she used it, and that one day they will all be mine. She used to cook for me when I was a kid, every Tuesday evening after school promptly at six. This piece holds the memory of her hands—steady, nurturing, filled with love—and the delicate clink of porcelain collected throughout the years. 
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