MOSIE ROMNEY

Born in New York, 1994

Lives and works in Queens and New York, USA

Working in the space between figuration and abstraction, Mosie Romney uses painting as a portal through which to explore themes of self-perception and polychronic time. A worldbuilder informed by a background in set design and puppetry, Romney stages fantasy worlds which disrupt our notions of nostalgia, memory, the archive, time, the past and the present. Recontextualizing images from a multitude of sources including family photo albums found on the internet, movie stills, literature, screen shots, dreams, and an evolving cast of characters continually recycled from previous works, Romney tells stories of empowerment and explores life as a multi-performative experience. Using fantasy as a tool to grapple with realities of daily life, Romney’s work conveys the emotional disposition of living in a society where contact across boundaries is constantly in variance.

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