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Autumn Casey

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Autumn Casey
Born1987 (age 36–37)
EducationBFA New World School of the Arts, Miami
MFA Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Known forSculpture, Installation, Video art, Performance art
Websiteautumncasey.com

Autumn Casey (born 1987) is a Miami-based multimedia artist working in sculpture and installations, mixing found and collected objects with fabric, wire, and resin, among other materials, to create a psychedelic-like look and feel in her artistic practice.[1]

Early life and education

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Casey was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, in 1987.[2][3] Casey's grandmother was a June Taylor dancer, an antique dealer, and a doll-maker. Her scraps and memorabilia are often seen or referenced in Casey's work.[1]

Casey received a BA from New World School of the Arts, Miami, and an MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.[4]

Work

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Casey's screaming performance during Art Basel Miami Beach 2012 was covered by the Huffington Post.[5] Casey's 2014 solo show Autumn Casey: Amalgama displayed installations, sculptures, and video, and gathered family heirlooms and found objects to comment on human relations, memories, and time.[6][7]

In 2016, Casey's solo exhibition Balancing Infinity, While Hanging Upside Down. Watching Lovers Fall from Grace, Underneath the Ground was inspired by the 1910 Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot Deck, from A.E. Waite and Pamela Coleman Smith.[8] In 2019, the Miami Herald profiled Casey.[9]

She was a Summer Open resident at Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, in 2021. She was granted a Home + Away Residence at Anderson Ranch Arts Center from Oolites Arts, Miami, in 2022.[4]

In 2024, Casey expanded on her interest in Louis Comfort Tiffany's signature lamps and stained glass compositions, which the artist saw for the first time during a visit to the Queens Museum, New York, years back, to create the series Fantasy and Her Fantasies.[1] The solo exhibition Fantasy and Her Fantasies, drew attention to the all-women design team at Women's Glass Cutting Department of Louis Comfort Tiffany's workshop, and it was on view in The Future Perfect gallery, East Village, New York, showcasing Casey's "illuminated sculptures" in spring of 2024.[10][11][12]

In an interview with Surface magazine, Casey listed a few of her artistic references, including Niki de Saint Phalle, Ree Morton, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Agnes Denes, and Cecilia Vicuña.[13]

Collections

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Casey's work is featured in the collections of the Pérez Art Museum Miami and the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA).[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Nast, Condé (February 6, 2024). "Artist Autumn Casey Puts a Playful, Floridian Spin on the Iconic Tiffany Lamp". Vogue. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  2. ^ "CV". Autumn Casey. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  3. ^ "Autumn Casey". The Future Perfect. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Autumn Casey". Oolite Arts. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  5. ^ "Artist Screams At Basel". HuffPost. November 28, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  6. ^ "Autumn Casey, Agalma". The Miami Rail. September 17, 2014. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  7. ^ "Autumn Casey: Agalma". www.miamidesigndistrict.com. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  8. ^ "Autumn Casey: Balancing Infinity, While Hanging Upside Down. Watching Lovers Fall from Grace, Underneath the Ground | My Art Guides". My Art Guides | Your Compass in the Art World. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  9. ^ "Autumn Casey - video artist". The Miami Herald. February 7, 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  10. ^ Article, Katie White ShareShare This (February 24, 2024). "Autumn Casey's New Sculptures Are a Millennial Riff on Tiffany Lamps". Artnet News. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  11. ^ "Fantasy and Her Fantasies". The Future Perfect. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  12. ^ "Tiffany Studios designers, Morse Museum, Winter Park, Florida". The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  13. ^ Waddoups, Ryan (February 2, 2024). "Designer of the Day: Autumn Casey". SURFACE. Retrieved May 7, 2024.