Vanessa Niederstrasser

I relate to the world through BIG expression. The artistic response to my own personal experience comes out strong, like a steam valve releasing energy that would otherwise combust its vessel. Monumental canvases, gigantic sculptures, near neon punches of color, pushy graphic marks, aggressive symbols, and fences of zig zags—I use these devices as vocabulary to build thoughts in response to my experience of the world. My background in architecture provides the foundation upon which I continue to build alternate imaginary worlds with lines and shapes. My canvases emerge as technical drawings before transforming into multi-dimensional pattern-scapes, where layers of geometric shapes can buoy meaning.