[ ABOUT ] The Artist
HER UNIVERSE…
I am spellbound by the Universe — its systems and processes, and the lives of Beings within it. Each subject, like a massive planetary body, captures me for a time in its orbit, and I watch it attentively and learn as much about it as I can. With this new knowledge comes a deepening reverence for the beauty and complexity of the World, which I try to incorporate into my constructions. My miniature structures are portable, interactive, and intimate — a blending of imagery, kinetics, and narrative — with the intention that they be touched and handled. I hope that you will see them as I do — peepholes into our immense Universe.
HER WORK…
Milissa Burkart received her BFA from The University of Tulsa with an emphasis in printmaking. She began her art career working in pen and ink, watercolor and gouache. Her exposure to antiquarian books and artists books in her job as a library paraprofessional, and having seen some of the original works of Joseph Cornell, she began to incorporate her 2-dimensional works into miniature 3-dimensional constructions. Her etchings, paintings, and constructions are held in private collections throughout the United States. The prose poem and artists book, Cicada and the etching, “You Are Here” have appeared in the international journal Nimrod.
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