Alyson Shotz

Alyson Shotz considers herself to be a visual and conceptual artist. She says, “I believe in making work that privileges the material, formal and visual aspects of art making, and at the same time, articulates a specific concept or idea. I choose a medium as an extension of the concept. If painting my idea proves to be the best way to interpret that idea, then i use painting. If it reveals itself to be a video, then i use video. I see art as a process of discovery and intelligence-gathering. Sometimes, I may explore on idea in various media simultaneously, in order to gain a better understanding of it, or to understand what it is that i find resonant. Making art becomes a kind of multidimensional way of achieving comprehension.”