Artist Statement
Kylie McLaughlin’s paintings explore the relation and observation of curated environments, display of biodiversity, and human perception/categorization of nature. Her collection based works expose the influence of social history and natural history on the animal world. Being in NYC, the insatiable curiosity of taxonomy is skewed by the urban human centered way we have altered the life around us. She continues to observe the artificial presentation and manipulated subjects of Natural History based institutions and the modern day "wild" that have captivated the sentient human attention.
Bio
Kylie McLaughlin was born in 2002 in New Jersey. She is currently a student at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NYC pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts, Painting.
Growing up she has been fascinated by natural curiosities and animals that her constant sketches started to reflect it. After graduating high school in 2020, Kylie deferred a year for college due to the pandemic. During, that time she worked on custom apparel while working at a collectible figurine store in Somerville New Jersey. In her current practice she pulls lots of inspiration from cabinet of curiosities, natural history museums, dioramas, animals, taxidermy, and collections.
