Medium: sculptural collage and collage works on paper

Born in Syracuse, NY

Currently in Brooklyn, NY

 

Andrea's work combines collage, painting, sculpture and found materials to elevate the overlooked and the mundane via transformative processes. Through adding and removing layers of handmade and collected materials, her works present a physical manifestation of the passage of time, destruction and decay, with a sense of potential renewal.

 

I work with collage and decollage methods to create works on paper and sculptures that elevate the discarded and overlooked. I integrate fragments of handmade and found materials to create works that reference entropy, cycles of rebirth and the possibility of hope and transcendence. 

 

I primarily use paper and fabric, materials whose disintegration and decay speak of the passage of time and the possibility of redemption for the obsolete.

 

My current body of work takes these concerns in a personal direction. These works reference the walls and domestic spaces of the homes that were part of my childhood and adolescence. They are portraits of places where physical destruction and violence led to stagnancy and decay. They “mine the ruins” what’s been lost, connecting fragments to rebuild.

http://andreaburgay.com/