GENEVRA DALEY

I am interested in the everyday, mundane rituals and objects of domestic life and how they speak of the body behind them. A coat hanging in an entryway is seen as a person’s cast-off skin, an unmade bed mimics the twisting of an anxious stomach, found objects and familiar textiles grow in their own volume and seem to take on a life of their own. The blurred line between object and body is fostered through the daily physical act of making in my studio. Tactile memories surface as materials are combined, punched, squeezed, coaxed, and stitched again and again until patterns emerge that begin to mean something beyond their original use. 

“Building Mending Making” pulls together a fictionalized retelling of places that I have mentally archived, in great detail, as a child. Each space referenced in the piece holds latent creative potential for making, mending and building.

Genevra Daley received her MFA, through a Provost Fellowship, from the University of California, Davis. Genevra received several awards during her time at UC Davis including the Robert Arneson Art Award, Mary Lou Osborn Award, and the Keister and Allen Art Purchase Prize. Genevra was featured in issue 12 of MAAKE magazine and has work in the collection of the Manetti Shrem Museum in California. Genevra also works as a freelance illustrator, her clients include Pottery Barn Kids, Better Homes and Gardens, and MacKenzie Childs.

Genevra Daley is Assistant Professor of Art, Director of the  BA in Art Program, and Co-Director of the distance education Art Therapy Specialization at MIU. Genevra teaches online courses in Drawing, Sculpture, and Portfolio Development and Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Illustration, and Screen Printing on campus.

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