knockin' on your screen door artist talk

Moderated by Jessica Hernandez, this conversation will explore the themes and approaches undergirding the work of artists Ezri Horne and Indigo Conat-Naar. This event accompanies their current exhibition at the Overlook Gallery, knockin’ on your screen door.

knockin’ on your screen door is an exhibition featuring the recent work of Ezri Horne and Indigo Conat-Naar, two local sculptors. Both artists delve into their memories to excavate objects and materials—clay, baskets, hair, Goodwill shelves, neoprene, silverware—to create works that navigate the impossible distances between land, people, and the artists’ senses of home and heritage. More on the exhibition here.

Ezri Horne’s practice spans ceramics, woodworking, printmaking, and browsing the aisles of home improvement stores. Horne inserts moments of tenderness and humor into otherwise stoic and commonplace forms using unexpected materials and tedious craft processes. Horne, originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico, graduated from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 2022 with a BA in Anthropology and a BFA in Studio Art. Their work has recently been included in exhibitions at Piano Craft Gallery, Gallery 263, and Commonwealth Clayworks. They currently live and work in the Boston area.

Website: ezrihorne.com

IG: @ezrihorne

Indigo Conat-Naar is an interdisciplinary artist whose work highlights the fleeting intersections of being, memory, and place that arise from encountering objects in the world. She grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida and graduated from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 2021 with a BFA in Studio Art and a BA in Philosophy. Recently, her work has been shown at the Boston Sculptors Gallery Launchpad, Installation Space, and Merrimack College’s McCoy Gallery. She will begin her MFA in Sculpture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the fall.

Website: conat-naar.com

IG: @i.rcn

Featured works:

in the smell of some kind of polish - Indigo Conat-Naar with photographs taken by Ezri Horne

UVA’s Overlook Gallery is located at 175 Washington St., Brighton, MA 02135 – inside of the large historically preserved church. The gallery is on the lower level of the building. There is an accessible ramp in the rear of the building and an elevator inside. For parking, please park on Washington St.

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