Krista Mezzadri

“I engage with the coexistence of opposites, therefore my work includes many opposing physical elements together, like tissue and wood, light and darkness, geometry and irregularity. Taken a step further, I’m interested in the meeting point of these opposites, their dynamic dependence which only alludes to beauty.

In my ongoing body of work, I make monotype prints by hand on translucent washi paper, layer and overlap the sheets, and laminate them together onto wood panels with paste. I arrived at my current process while investigating a way to layer forms in monotypes by utilizing translucent paper, rather than ink, as the layering element.

Throughout the work is an emphasis on a triangular motif, which I explore by relying on the gestural characteristic of my wrist in action with the tool. Additionally, the overlapped sheets create innumerable varying emotive forms, bringing an organic element to the rough geometry. There are aspects of the layering process that are spontaneous and couldn’t be replicated or considered before their immediate genesis; in effect, the imagery is born from the process. ”