Moments of the Particle
Shae Meyer was born in Boulder, CO. He studied at the University of Colorado, where he received his BFA. His childhood was spent alternating between a growing tech town and exploring the unique beauty of the mountains. This contrast inspired an acute interest color, form and material. Storms, sunsets, and wildfire ravaging the landscape came to contrast alleys, refuse, and oil in a fissure-filled sidewalk lending inspiration to his unique perspective of color, material, and functionality. more can be found at: www.shaemeyer.com, and @shae_meyer on instagram
Artists Note:
His work engages questions concerning objectivity, subjectivity, and individuality within the context of environment. Incorporating materials discarded and overlooked, he examines whether these have intrinsic value, or prescribed value based on their use. By pulverizing these objects they often lose their natural form, and become hidden in the depths of a painting, becoming a part of the larger whole, an element within a larger context. For Meyer, these materials become an allegory for the value of an individual person, examining if somebody is more than merely the sum of their parts, or perhaps; are all these parts the same.