Artist's Statement-In Brief

My work embodies the frustration of recollection, of trying to remember someone you have not seen in a long time, only to find the difficulty of gaining a clear mental picture that is seemingly just beyond reach. The dilution and translation of photos into blurred, defaced, and dissolved images illustrate how our visualizations are constantly changing and the fundamental fact of human impermanence.

Biography

Stephanie Sypsa is a recent graduate of the Columbus College of Art and Design, completing her degree BFA in 2004. She was raised on the Gulf of Mexico in the small town of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, near New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama. She moved to Columbus Ohio in 1999. She has artwork in numerous national and international private and corporate collections. Stephanie works for the Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery, and does freelance work for the Columbus Museum of Art, and as an instructor for the Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio.