Frida

Pain

Frida Pain comes from a family of collectors, and this history of curation and organization is readily apparent in her work. Resembling mini assemblages, these collages embody a language that speaks to different modes of sculpture. Distinctions between the two-dimensional and the three-dimensional are blurred as sculptures inherit new forms on paper.
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I am an analog collage artist and more recently have been transferring these works into bigger paintings. Growing up I was surrounded by interesting objects. My dad was a collector of mid century paintings, glass, and ceramics as well as African masks, records, and postcards. A bit of everything. I had boxes and glass jars of fossils, scraps of fabric, buttons, shells which I’d spend hours looking at and ordering the chaos into size and colour. This curiosity and organizing has continued into my work. My process is impulsive without any planning and usually starts by flicking through a second hand book. Ripping out pages that instinctively appeal to me. Then I shuffle them about add or subtract parts until it feels right. I find the combination of spontaneity and control very liberating.

Frida Pain