Stuart Hawkins

School of Visual Arts

Stuart Hawkins received her BS from the University of Vermont.  She now lives in New York City where she completed her MFA at the School of Visual Arts.   Her most recent body of work, TREMOR, is inspired by the phenomenal rapidity of world metamorphoses on all levels.   The distinction between the ordinary and the unordinary is fused in these photographs, creating an atmosphere that could be in the past, present or future.   In their lack of place, their disorientation, and their inclusion of seemingly incompatible elements, the photographs aim to confuse the viewer.   Discombobulation within the imagery displaces the viewer who, like an exile, is forced to navigate the unknown.   Thus, TREMOR, parallels our world today as the complexities of life, as we approach the 21st century, dislocate us and make us potential exiles in our own land.