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Amy Chasse (b.1997) investigates the paradox of inhabiting a human body that is simultaneously present and absent of self. Through cutting, stitching, stuffing, and brushing, Chasse uses figuration to engage with the abject. Drawing from American suburbia, surrealism, and alienation, Chasse creates work that is both playful and unsettling.
Celebrating the tension between transgression and desire, she challenges the viewer's sensibilities through exaggerated, distorted figures constructed with latex, paint, plaster and paper mache. These figures or “dolls” are often placed and photographed in domestic spaces she considers “psychic interiors” which serve as a conduit between reality and an alternative world.
Through interdisciplinary modes of making, Chasse confronts feelings of nihilism and otherness within the human condition. Chasse is currently pursuing her MFA in Painting/Printmaking at Yale University. Her work has been exhibited in New York City as well as internationally in Florence, Italy, and Mexico City, Mexico.