Andria Keen
Seed
Seed was made just prior to the pandemic’s start in Canada. It was an exploration of acrylic mediums that focused on the coverage and exposure of canvas as well as the impacts of matte versus glossy and flat versus sculptural application. Thematically it was also an exploration of dualities, light versus dark, above and below, within and without. I was thinking about the miasma of creation, the potency of possibility within a seed, and within a moment. The present moment, the seed of every choice we make, holds all that came before and all the possibilities of what is to come. In my opinion, as such, it in its essence will always hold hope yet will be forever elusive for enacting any change, consequence or growth, it is lost to the movements and shadows of time. The same way consciousness of growth is most clearly understood through time, time before the Chrysalis, and time after. The time within liminality, within the seed or miasma, holds the most duality for it is in the moment of reaction and response rather than result.
About Andria Keen
Andria Keen (she/her) is completing her BFA in cross-disciplinary Life Studies at OCADU, in Tkaronto. Her works engage with themes of temporality, cyclicality, inclusion, and the natural world. Working across various mediums: painting, photogrammetry, analog and digital collage, clay, bronze, and mixed media sculpture, Andria utilizes abstraction, figuration, and narrative themes to engage us in questioning our place in relation to both deep and future Time, as well as ourselves. Andria returned to the pursuit of studio work following over a decade dedicated to raising her children.