About
BIO:
Liz Masterson is an artist working to create permanence and durability of time. Using light and shadow as source material to visualize time, she draws dappled light and light leaks to record a moment. From the record, she recreates the shapes left by the light with ceramic tiles. Masterson is freezing the moment in time by creating permanence to the impermanent.
Liz Masterson earned a BA in Studio Art and History of Art and Architecture from the University of Pittsburgh and an MFA in Studio Art from Florida State University.
Artist Statement:
My work begins with tracing light leaks and dappled light. Capturing them, freezing them in time before they shift, change, and slip away. I am marking their existence to document that moment as a visual representation of time.
After drawing the shapes of light, I recreate them in ceramics and screenprints. I use ceramics to secure their permanence as they have already gone. The trees have grown and morphed those shapes into new shapes. I light the ceramic tiles to manipulate their cast shadows and highlight the ephemeral shapes.
I use screenprinting techniques to reference their randomness and layers of light and shadow. Using photos of these moments, I react to the environment through screenprinting. I use silhouettes of the shapes found in dappled light and light leaks. The prints reference the temporality of these moments using paper and ink.
Through large-scale installations or intimate, minimalist pieces, I create experiences that inspire contemplation and reflection of time and moments through light and shadow.
