BIO

Viy, pronounced /v/, is a non-binary, multi-media artist currently working out of Omaha. Their practice focuses on the materiality and history of objects, breaking them down in order to understand them so they can be reconfigured and re-contextualized as art objects. Interested in refuse and refusal, their work comes from their own trash and items discarded by others, refusing the notion that these objects are worthless and instead seeing them as full of artistic potential. 

Most recently their practice has been focused in handmade papermaking and other fiber based media. 

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"By transforming found, often discarded, materials into something new, they hope that the viewer will be able to relate their own experiences to the familiar objects and thereby reconsider their own consumption habits and waste. Combining organic and inorganic elements within the work of art, Viy draws attention to the toxicity of capitalist commodity culture which consumes both objects and subjects alike." - Sheridyn Villarreal

 

Viy currently works at Kent Bellows Mentoring Program as the Studio Assistant and at BFF Omaha as co-director of the MaMO Gallery, and Green Team Manager. Viy is also in their first year of Amplify Arts Alternate Currents Cohort.