ARTIST STATEMENT

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What is the point? I could not tell you; and that right there is the point. Everything is shaped by individual perception. Personally, some of my favorite moments in life are the absurd ones; the instants when it hits you, “what the hell is going on?” Be it a late-night trip to a fluorescently lit store, a long snowy walk where the sky looks fake, or vintage items from bygone eras- life feels like a dream sometimes. When I am sleeping, I often enter this scattered, dim world where things almost make sense. “Reality” almost makes sense too, but not quite. I channel this curiosity to construct staged moments of strangeness with my art.

Drawing from surrealism, sci-fi and absurdism, my work asks philosophical questions in a variety of voices. Multimedia sculptures become living characters. As their creator, I allow them the space to be distinct, evolving individuals that are breathed to life during the working process. The thoughts and feelings I have while constructing a piece feed into its persona. They are always imbued with some mussing about life, the world and making sense of being human. Beyond that, the method and materials start to flesh out the rest of their character. Are they ridged, messy, dynamic, unsure, grotesque, subtle…? All these attributes have a time and place as I ponder life’s complexities. My artistic drive stems from my undying need to take the next step and ask the next question. The exploration of materials provides an endless avenue to keep moving forward. Art is progress; it is alive. As I create, I act as a director, placing strange actors into strange realities to tell stories and ask questions about this world that almost makes sense.

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Bio:

Veronica Storc is an artist born in raised in Chicago’s western suburbs. She received her BFA from Northern Illinois University in 2020 and is currently continuing her education there for an Master of Arts. Her work centers around the creation of multimedia sculptures that utilize metals, wood, textiles, textural materials and found objects. In her free time, she likes to catch up with loved ones and go exploring (the internet, outside, wherever). It is her personal mantra to continue to learn every day which she seeks to do in her life and art.