Sydney McLeod

ARTIST BIO

Sydney McLeod is a charcoal artist, draftsman, and bookbinder. After graduating from Pacific Northwest College of Art in Oregon, Sydney settled in Tulsa to make art. They have a particular interest in the rich dark tones and delicate value shifts achieved in charcoal drawing. Since 2017, their work has focused on the visual language of chronic pain and invisible illness. Recently, this work has expanded to include the complicated dichotomy of the body as epicenter of both pain and pleasure.

ARTIST PROJECT INFO

"Flesh and Flame" is a drawing-based installation that will use charcoal, subtle movement, and light to evoke the integration of mind and body. Large figurative drawings, relying on reductive mark making and deep blacks, create a lush and immersive surface to anchor into the physicality of the body. The installation will confront ideologies of the body as both person and object outside of the technosphere of media. The concept is deeply rooted in coming to terms with a body haunted by chronic pain and fatigue.

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