• The Place Within #01 (detail)

    vintage road maps, cyanotype origami shapes, acrylic paint, glitter, spray paint, gel pens, cotton gauze, electrical wire, prescription sheets on canvas
    24" x 30"  |  2022

  • The Place Within #01

    vintage road maps, cyanotype origami shapes, acrylic paint, glitter, spray paint, gel pens, cotton gauze, electrical wire, prescription sheets on canvas
    24" x 30"  |  2022

  • The Place Within #02 (detail)

    vintage road maps, cyanotype origami shapes, acrylic paint, glitter, spray paint, gel pens, cotton gauze, IV regulator, prescription sheets on canvas
    24" x 26"  |  2022

  • The Place Within #02

    vintage road maps, cyanotype origami shapes, acrylic paint, glitter, spray paint, gel pens, cotton gauze, IV regulator, prescription sheets on canvas
    24" x 26"  |  2022

  • The Place Within #03 (detail)

    vintage road maps, cyanotype origami shapes, acrylic paint, glitter, spray paint, gel pens, cotton gauze, medical mask, prescription sheets on canvas
    18" x 24"  |  2022

  • The Place Within #03

    vintage road maps, cyanotype origami shapes, acrylic paint, glitter, spray paint, gel pens, cotton gauze, medical mask, prescription sheets on canvas
    18" x 24"  |  2022

  • Geography of Hope #01

    vintage road maps, cyanotype origami shapes, acrylic paint, glitter, spray paint, gel pens, cotton gauze, medical wrap, prescription sheets, and more
    16" x 22" x 1"  |  2021

  • 30 Days

    mixed media, vintage Betty Crocker recipe cards, road maps, vellum, embroidery, ink, paint, cyanotype, prescription information sheets, medical detritus gauze, hospital bracelets, wire // Over the course of 30 days, I wove medical detritus into vintage recipe cards, mirroring how -- as a mother and primary caregiver with chronic illness -- I must weave my own needs and expectations of domestic life.
    approx 36" x 36"  |  2021

  • Medicine Threshold

    prescription bottles, spray paint, vending machine bottles, metallic fiber, shredded money
    approx 3' x 6' x 1'  |  2021

JOCELYN MATHEWES Website CV

Tri-cities, TN | Mixed Media, Photography, Printmaking
Bio:

Jocelyn is a mixed-media interdisciplinary artist, living with her family in rural Appalachia in East Tennessee. After receiving her B.A. in Studio Art from Messiah College, she pursued a career in writing, graphic design, and photography. After a decade of under her belt, several life events led her to leave that work to follow a path into fine art. She participated in the Artist Residency in Motherhood from 2016 - 2019. Her work has been exhibited in galleries, museums, and community spaces all over the United States. She pours her passion for the arts into her local community, serving on the advisory board for Create Appalachia, curating exhibits for EAT/ART space, and coordinating artist meet-ups to foster growth and collaboration.

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Statement:

My current work centers on my everyday experience of chronic illness, related medical procedures, and ongoing treatment—expressed through alternative processes & conceptual experiments in mixed-media. A variety of mediums intermingle in much the way that medication, physical symptoms, and mental health do. I confront the impersonal systems of healing on offer by expressing emotional and spiritual effects of my own illness and medical treatments.

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