Sisavanh Statement Page

Artist Statement:

My source material is autobiographical and stems directly from my personal experiences of being a mother, wife, teacher, citizen, and observer of an incredibly complex network of the everyday culture. My work is a hybrid of drawings, collages, paintings, photos, film, and sound based installations that can exist in the digital space, public space, and or the network of person-to-person exchange.

Currently, my artistic intent has been to create works in various sizes and mediums that speak about the psychology and taboo of the subject matter "Money" in U.S. society. Corporate scandals, bankruptcy, interest rates are some of the current events in the public sphere that affects and infects our daily lives. With brightly colored targets, I hope to lure the audience and to expose the ugliness of our current situation. I indirectly use such insects or animals like bees, mosquitoes, and hummingbirds to represent big corporations such as Enron and Merrill Lynch that stings, swarms, and sucks at the bright target "You and Your Money". My interest as an artist is not only to create, but also to inform and educate the public and to question the viewers' ambivalence to the situation at hand.

Biography:

Sisavanh Phouthavong-Houghton is currently an Associate Professor of Art at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro where she teaches advanced level painting courses. She was born in Vientiane Laos in 1976. At the age of four, her family emigrated from Thailand to Winfield, Kansas. She attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting in 1999. Sisavanh continued her education at Southern Illinois University of Carbondale where 2003 she received her Master of Fine Arts Degree in Painting and Drawing. She has exhibited her work in solo, juried, and invitational exhibitions throughout United States, Canada, and New Zealand. Sisavanh resides in Woodbury, TN with her sculptor husband Jarrod Houghton, their two daughters Zoe and Ava, and two cats Mr. Peacock and Gwen.


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Artist Statement: My source material is autobiographical and stems directly from my personal experiences of being a mother, wife, teacher, citizen, and observer of an incredibly complex network of the everyday culture. My work is a hybrid of drawings, collages, paintings, photos, film, and sound based installations that can exist in the digital space, public space, and or the network of person-to-person exchange. Currently, my artistic intent has been to create works in various sizes and mediums that speak about the psychology and taboo of the subject matter "Money" in U.S. society. Corporate scandals, bankruptcy, interest rates are some of the current events in the public sphere that affects and infects our daily lives. With brightly colored targets, I hope to lure the audience and to expose the ugliness of our current situation. I indirectly use such insects or animals like bees, mosquitoes, and hummingbirds to represent big corporations such as Enron and Merrill Lynch that stings, swarms, and sucks at the bright target "You and Your Money". My interest as an artist is not only to create, but also to inform and educate the public and to question the viewers' ambivalence to the situation at hand. Biography: Sisavanh Phouthavong-Houghton is currently an Associate Professor of Art at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro where she teaches advanced level painting courses. She was born in Vientiane Laos in 1976. At the age of four, her family emigrated from Thailand to Winfield, Kansas. She attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting in 1999. Sisavanh continued her education at Southern Illinois University of Carbondale where 2003 she received her Master of Fine Arts Degree in Painting and Drawing. She has exhibited her work in solo, juried, and invitational exhibitions throughout United States, Canada, and New Zealand. Sisavanh resides in Woodbury, TN with her sculptor husband Jarrod Houghton, their two daughters Zoe and Ava, and two cats Mr. Peacock and Gwen.