What's In a Word? Momentum Spotlight Samantha Dillehay

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Samantha Dillehay, Norman

Samantha Dillehay, Poison in the Life of Desire, Installation 8'x6'x1' 2011

Forming words through symbolic actions and sculpturalelements, Samantha Dillehay will debut her project “Secrets” on October 13. Sheis creating the new work as part of the Spotlight award for MomentumTulsa.

Her project includes three large pieces with variedmaterials, from a lipstick covered mirror to clothing hangers. Her choice of materialsunderscores her selection of text, exploring identity within personalrelationships.

Momentum Spotlight artist Samantha Dillehay discusses her project

Highlighting “suppressedemotions,” Dillehay said the pieces feature a “selection of phrases isshowcased to create a visual narrative that is drawn from personal lifeexperiences of rejection.”

Samantha Dillehay, sketch for All the Lies I Ever Told

A recent MFA recipientfrom the University of Oklahoma, Dillehay has exhibited extensively in Oklahomaand her former home state of Tennessee. Watch Dillehay's feature video on YouTube or see this article inour Art Focus Oklahoma magazine formore about all three Momentum TulsaSpotlight projects.
Momentum Tulsa opens October 13, 8-midnight with a ticketed event full of music andperformances.  Curated by Raechell Smithfrom H & R Block Art Space at the Kansas City Art Institute and emergingcurator Laura Reese, the exhibition continues at Living Arts of Tulsa, 307 EBrady with free gallery hours through October 25.