Stacey Gaudet
MFA ’24 Fine Arts Low-Residency
My practice is daily. It is about process and tactility, for my hands are how I interact with and encounter the world. The labors of making demand my full attention while the rest of the world seems to just fade away, allowing me to be in the moment with my materials and my imagination. I embrace the complex components of materials for they remind me that I am human, deeply flawed and in constant flux, and so should be my art. My work requires mishaps, for it is the only way my practice will continue to change and grow. My practice is not about producing objects. It is the making itself that provides balance and peace in my life. I survive because I am a chronic maker.
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Stacey Gaudet is contemporary artist currently working with textiles. For the past twenty years, Gaudet has been working as an interdisciplinary artist, including drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, sewing, papermaking, and textiles. Known for her love of layers, colors, and maximalism, Gaudet has worked primarily as a collage artist throughout her career. Regardless of medium, Gaudet’s work is inspired by multiple areas of science including biology, chemistry, physics, and astrophysics. Her passion for research in these scientific areas informs the aesthetics of her practice. Since 2003, Gaudet has worked as an artist, art student, and art educator, holding a bachelor’s degree in visual arts education, a master’s degree in visual arts education, and is currently pursuing her master’s in fine arts. Gaudet is currently based out of Sterling, Massachusetts.
