Samantha Snyder

Artist Statement

My work is about meddling with the thin fabric of reality and opening up a narrative into the realms of dreams and supernatural fantasy. This unknown so easily creates fear and confusion and I’m fascinated with how our imagination naturally finds a way to fill in the gaps. My work with prints, collage and assemblage allows for the chance meeting of multiple distant realities on an unfamiliar plane, exploring themes of isolation and derealization. The disjointed condition of the remote figures, objects and forms in my work takes us to an alternative universe, yet one that is uncomfortably close to our own. My goal is to transform the familiar into the strange and fantastic, retreat from logic and reason and find ourselves transported into the otherworldly and ominous.

Bio

Samantha Snyder is currently an MFA student at Brigham Young University. She combines traditional printmaking techniques with the destruction and assemblage nature of collage. Her approach provides a language to navigate the uncertainty and seemingly thin nature of realities. Samantha is originally from the Central Valley of California, but has lived in both Texas and Oregon where she taught Elementary school for several years. She now resides in Provo with her husband and 3 kids.