Marcy McChesney

Marcy McChesney
San Antonio, Texas, USA

STATEMENT

My artwork is created from a combination of childhood memories, fantasy and pop culture, often drawing from vintage advertisements, outer space imagery and scientific graphs. I am especially interested in the tension between the fantasy of an idealized past versus a harsher reality. My collages represent a kind of “retro-futurism” where nothing is quite real and everything is up for interpretation. Through rearranging opposing elements, I build surreal scenes which invite the viewer to create their own stories. My goal is to connect with others, whether that be through a personal memory, nostalgia, humor or purely through visual intrigue.

BIO

Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Marcy McChesney made her way to California after completing her primary education. She spent over ten years in California, showcasing her artwork in various coffee houses and galleries from San Diego to San Francisco. In 2001, she returned to San Antonio to pursue her Bachelor of Fine Arts at The University of Texas at San Antonio, which she completed in the spring of 2004. Throughout her career Marcy has had numerous solo exhibitions in the United States and Europe and has been selected for many juried shows at galleries including Arte Contemporáno and La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles. Her artwork has been featured in publications such as Is This Forever or What?: Poems and Paintings from Texas by Naomi Shihab Nye and she designed the cover for Jo LeCouer’s book of poetry, Medicine Woods. Marcy was a 2024 Individual Artist Grant Recipient for The City of San Antonio and recently completed an artist residency at the Kolaj Institute in New Orleans. Marcy’s artwork has featured in publications such as American Craft Magazine and The San Antonio Express News, among others.

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