The Place I Found at Finnegan Creek

6’ 5” x 8’ x 28’ 6”

Wood, fabricated steel, chalk

2016

*On display now

2016 FSP/Jerome Fellow

Artist Statement

When I was younger, I would explore the strip of trees behind my house multiple times a day. It wasn’t a very large area, so I would see the same rocks, the same mushrooms, and the same leftover refuse from previous visitors. However, each trip would feel like a new adventure. Between the walls made by the trees, I felt completely separated from the suburb around me. I took my Fellowship as a chance to play with the landscape at Franconia. One of the greatest assets to the park is the huge amount of light provided by the vast, unobscured sky. As the light changes around the sculpture, the mood between the two steel walls changes. At different times of day and different times of the year, viewers can continuously return to this piece to observe the physical and visual changes to the space.

Go Home To A Place Where No One Else Is

6’ x 5’ x 5’

Construction lumber, sail cable, a 1 bedroom studio apartment with attached kitchen and 3 cast iron skillets 

2015

*not on display

2015 Artist Intern

Artist Statement

I have what some might call social paranoia. I constantly am suspicious of people’s intentions. It is a tiring thing. This lead to me living alone in a studio apartment. My one room sanctuary on the third floor was both liberating and debilitating lonely. It is this contrast of self-induced isolation and yearning to be in a community that reappears in most of my work. 

Shanice Jackson Ellison

https://shanicejacksonellison.tumblr.com/

Born: Indianapolis, IN, USA, 1993

Resides: Minneapolis, MN, USA

Education

BFA, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 2016