Reagan Kazyak

My sculptures in this exhibition represent a cathartic exploration of personal, social, and familial relationships. I explored the process of mending using a collection of objects that have a personal connection, that I then deconstruct and alter into new forms that integrate a sense of healing into each sculpture. I define this catharsis element of healing as a description of mending, because it illustrates repairing something once emotionally damaged into something emotionally stable (internally speaking) again. I chose mending because it provides hands-on personal link between myself, the object, and the new intended story of healing. To achieve this outcome, I broke down the emotional significance of each life event and re-purposed the object. This element of transforming objects acts as a sense of storytelling which transforms objects with personal connection into a re-purposed sculpture that intertwines my personal, social, or familial relationships. I hope these sculptures will allow viewers to reflect on their own relationships and the powerful role objects can serve within each relationship. Reagan Kazyak

Reagan Kazyak ‘19