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Scenic designer, scenic artist, and fine artist, Delaney Moffitt is a mixed media artist who currently practices in Chicago, IL and Omaha, NE. Her current distinguished style explores one’s own past, and how that influences deep rooted emotions of the now. She says, “I want to use my stage to tell the stories which I think audiences need to hear.” She approaches projects with a focus on humanity and consideration for the narratives of the human person. Her recent works have an emphasis on use of texture, conveying her love for different materials and mediums. She is currently earning a BFA in Scenic Design at The Theatre School at DePaul University, where she works as a year-round scenic artist in their scenic shop.
Artist Statement
Through my practice, I attempt to bring humanity into art and theatre. It is ever important to me to tell the stories of real humans by exploring the lightness or darkness they bring, how they respond to the pressures that live around them, and the other strange intricacies of their personal life. I am concerned lately with understanding the authenticity and validity of my own deep emotions. In my practice, I allow myself to act on my emotions and impulses to the fullest. I create aggressively when I’m down, with hostility when I’m angered, and with control when I’m content. In my work, I find importance in creating work that is informed by who I am and where I’ve come from.
"You were given that pain and that vision because you have something to do with it."1 Art inherently takes inspiration from its maker, and an artist allows their practice to be biased by their own experiences. I attempt to inform my work with who I am and who I have been, exploring my own childhood, relationships, self love, family, and other influences. As a young adult, I am actively working to understand the landscape of my life and the world I live in, and I aim to explore this through my work. I feel an urgency in telling the stories of the real world, current and past, even through mediums like the abstract and the fairy tale. When I create work, I aspire to center my work on humanism and inform them by my own experience. I intend to evoke a passion for creating and translate my deeply expressive emotions into my practice.
1 Sandra Cisneros, "Talking in Our Pajamas: A Conversation with Sandra Cisneros on Finding Your Voice, Fear of Highways, Tacos, Travel, and the Need for Peace in the World". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu. September 28, 2006.
Contact
Email at moffittdelaney@gmail.com
Call or text at (402)707-5250