Lacey McKinney is a visual artist whose work explores themes of embodiment and ecology through figuration. Her paintings encourage a dialogue about identity, social constructs, transformation, and the shared experience of life across lines of difference.

In this chat, Lacey talks about her use of mixed media such as paint and solar dyes, the role of the human figure in her practice, and how layering is central to both her technique and the metaphors in her work.

To learn more about Lacey’s mail art and accompanying film by Akari Komura and Ilana Waniuk, go here.

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Show Notes

• See Lacey's mail art

• More about Lacey

• See Lacey's Reconfiguration and Contact Zone Series

• Topics and resources mentioned in this chat that inspire Lacey's work: Marianne Wex, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, When Species Meet by Donna Jeanne Haraway, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

• Check out Lacey's upcoming projects: Foundation House & Holter Museum

• See the film by Akari Komura and Ilana Waniuk paired with this mail art