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      • Self-Soothe // Chelsea Clarke // MFA Thesis Show
      • Tied to the Land // Jonathan Forrence // MFA Thesis Show
    • MFA show 2021
    • The Problem Body // Dimelza Broche
    • 2021 Digital Media Design Capstone: What Lies Here, What Lies Ahead
      • Megan Andrews
      • Ambre Armstrong
      • Mariah Beegle
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      • Dixie Browning
      • Kelsey Clark
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      • Maddi Echsner
      • Angelique Embry
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      • Jean Carlos Pena-Lozada
      • Ashley Poore
      • Kleine Powell
      • Jordan Pullen
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      • Stuart Rice
      • Nora Smith
      • Bryce Stevenson
      • Lily Turner
      • Nicolas Volosky
    • Art Studio Senior Exhibitions
      • exit strategy // group exhibition 2021
      • smudge // Julia Andrus
      • a collective change in circumstances // hope bennett
      • Ties to Tunes // Allyson Cain
      • Identity // Margaret Dostart
        • Margaret Dostart // Sculpture
        • Margaret Dostart // Photography
        • Margaret Dostart // Screen Printing
        • Margaret Dostart // Drawing
        • Margaret Dostart // Painting
      • title to come // grace farish // bfa solo show
      • Things aren't always as they seem // Shelbey Nicole Fox
      • Psuedosovereign // Ellan Luna // bfa show
      • Rose Colored // Madison McGill
      • REASSEMBLY // Abi Peck
      • the others // terence powell
      • on the ground // reagan profit // bfa solo show
      • Sentient // Courtney Smith
      • Cities on Fire So Skate // Al Theiss
      • OH SO DUMB // Mackenzie Walden
      • Perfectly Imperfect// Mark Wynn
      • Foundations Show 2021
      • You Stole My Hat // Jenny Ustick
      • Archive of Past Shows
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  • Home
  • SECAC Members Juried Exhibition
  • Tony M Bingham // SECAC Fellowship Award
  • Spring 2021 shows
    • MFA Thesis Shows
      • Flowers for the Saints // Amalia Galdona Broche // MFA Thesis Show
      • bad infinity // hannah smith // mfa thesis show
      • Scarcity // Frank Geiser // MFA Thesis Show
      • Self-Soothe // Chelsea Clarke // MFA Thesis Show
      • Tied to the Land // Jonathan Forrence // MFA Thesis Show
    • MFA show 2021
    • The Problem Body // Dimelza Broche
    • 2021 Digital Media Design Capstone: What Lies Here, What Lies Ahead
      • Megan Andrews
      • Ambre Armstrong
      • Mariah Beegle
      • Mya Grace Bevis
      • Dixie Browning
      • Kelsey Clark
      • John-Michael Crawford
      • Maddi Echsner
      • Angelique Embry
      • Karley French
      • Kendra Graham
      • Abby Green
      • Madison Haven
      • Kyle Israel
      • Emily Johnson
      • Cassidy Justice
      • Chevin Kennedy
      • Sammie Kiewel
      • Julia Meyer
      • Jean Carlos Pena-Lozada
      • Ashley Poore
      • Kleine Powell
      • Jordan Pullen
      • Jake Reese
      • Stuart Rice
      • Nora Smith
      • Bryce Stevenson
      • Lily Turner
      • Nicolas Volosky
    • Art Studio Senior Exhibitions
      • exit strategy // group exhibition 2021
      • smudge // Julia Andrus
      • a collective change in circumstances // hope bennett
      • Ties to Tunes // Allyson Cain
      • Identity // Margaret Dostart
        • Margaret Dostart // Sculpture
        • Margaret Dostart // Photography
        • Margaret Dostart // Screen Printing
        • Margaret Dostart // Drawing
        • Margaret Dostart // Painting
      • title to come // grace farish // bfa solo show
      • Things aren't always as they seem // Shelbey Nicole Fox
      • Psuedosovereign // Ellan Luna // bfa show
      • Rose Colored // Madison McGill
      • REASSEMBLY // Abi Peck
      • the others // terence powell
      • on the ground // reagan profit // bfa solo show
      • Sentient // Courtney Smith
      • Cities on Fire So Skate // Al Theiss
      • OH SO DUMB // Mackenzie Walden
      • Perfectly Imperfect// Mark Wynn
      • Foundations Show 2021
      • You Stole My Hat // Jenny Ustick
      • Archive of Past Shows
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Stacy Isenbarger
stacyisenbarger.com
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Jogged (Megan's Edges), upholstered form, velvet, rock and found charred tree limb, 14" x 15" x 3", 2019

A desire to both hold on to and let go of our past influences—our sense of place, our complex grounding— drives Stacy Isenbarger’s mixed-media practice. As forms seem to pull themselves together or break apart, they act as stand-ins for complex personas confronting their environments. In Jogged (Megan’s Edges), from Isenbarger’s Shed series, material collisions quietly speak to tensions in seeking comfort and attempting to understand one’s own place.

In Isenbarger’s works, material-driven paradoxes both greet and confront the viewer; the tightness in craft makes the tensions within them quickly felt, yet mysteries for us to ponder further. In this way materials contrasts and connections act as clues. From upholstered forms, needle work, and velvet to concrete, tree branches, and rocks, Isenbarger seeks ways to express complex negotiations with our edges—our reaches, our landings, our thresholds, … our sense of home.
  • Home
  • SECAC Members Juried Exhibition
  • Tony M Bingham // SECAC Fellowship Award
  • Spring 2021 shows
    • MFA Thesis Shows
      • Flowers for the Saints // Amalia Galdona Broche // MFA Thesis Show
      • bad infinity // hannah smith // mfa thesis show
      • Scarcity // Frank Geiser // MFA Thesis Show
      • Self-Soothe // Chelsea Clarke // MFA Thesis Show
      • Tied to the Land // Jonathan Forrence // MFA Thesis Show
    • MFA show 2021
    • The Problem Body // Dimelza Broche
    • 2021 Digital Media Design Capstone: What Lies Here, What Lies Ahead
      • Megan Andrews
      • Ambre Armstrong
      • Mariah Beegle
      • Mya Grace Bevis
      • Dixie Browning
      • Kelsey Clark
      • John-Michael Crawford
      • Maddi Echsner
      • Angelique Embry
      • Karley French
      • Kendra Graham
      • Abby Green
      • Madison Haven
      • Kyle Israel
      • Emily Johnson
      • Cassidy Justice
      • Chevin Kennedy
      • Sammie Kiewel
      • Julia Meyer
      • Jean Carlos Pena-Lozada
      • Ashley Poore
      • Kleine Powell
      • Jordan Pullen
      • Jake Reese
      • Stuart Rice
      • Nora Smith
      • Bryce Stevenson
      • Lily Turner
      • Nicolas Volosky
    • Art Studio Senior Exhibitions
      • exit strategy // group exhibition 2021
      • smudge // Julia Andrus
      • a collective change in circumstances // hope bennett
      • Ties to Tunes // Allyson Cain
      • Identity // Margaret Dostart
        • Margaret Dostart // Sculpture
        • Margaret Dostart // Photography
        • Margaret Dostart // Screen Printing
        • Margaret Dostart // Drawing
        • Margaret Dostart // Painting
      • title to come // grace farish // bfa solo show
      • Things aren't always as they seem // Shelbey Nicole Fox
      • Psuedosovereign // Ellan Luna // bfa show
      • Rose Colored // Madison McGill
      • REASSEMBLY // Abi Peck
      • the others // terence powell
      • on the ground // reagan profit // bfa solo show
      • Sentient // Courtney Smith
      • Cities on Fire So Skate // Al Theiss
      • OH SO DUMB // Mackenzie Walden
      • Perfectly Imperfect// Mark Wynn
      • Foundations Show 2021
      • You Stole My Hat // Jenny Ustick
      • Archive of Past Shows
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