Jennifer Gordon – Artist Statement

My art works examines concepts of identity, isolation and alienation through the media of painting, drawing, film and installation. I am interested in questioning how we inhabit the world both physically and emotionally by drawing upon her own experiences as a woman of mixed race origin. The resulting negotiations of cultural positioning combine with my experience of (until recently) undiagnosed dyslexia and dyspraxia to form the foundation of my enquiry into the dislocations of personal identity and physical belonging.

My multi-sited approach to making art combines imagery and materials that reflect my concerns with notions of invisibility and the trauma of miscommunication – feelings of not being seen and not being heard that have characterized my experience of the world. Through an attempt to make sense of the challenges that have arisen from my ambivalent relationship with the written word and with spatial negotiation, I have developed a complex visual vocabulary which comes together to present an array of elements that combine to symbolize the continual oscillation between concealment and revelation.