About
Biography
Georgia Mansey is a mixed media artist from California who currently works and lives in Montreal. Georgia works in both 2D and 3D. She creates detailed drawings that use cutout and layering techniques, as well as a variety of materials, like decorative paper, Dura-Lar, and embroidery. As a sculptor, Georgia works with polymer clay and integrates elements of resin, fabric, cut paper, and yarn. Georgia is attending Concordia University and studying to receive her BFA in studio arts. In the 2022 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Georgia Mansey received the Gold Key for sculpture. Georgia volunteers with Creative Healing For Youth in Pain (CHYP), a non-profit that promotes creative practices and community for children and teens who have chronic pain.
Artist
Statement
I make both drawn and sculpted works, bringing the eclectic essence of mixed media to each. My pieces are delicate and intricate with a strong presence of depth and texture achieved through relief layering, transparent materials, and integrating embroidery and fibers. In my work, I contend with my own complex thoughts and feelings about pain and disability. I embrace the role of unreliable narrator, depicting my experiences with a perspective that favors emotional honesty over factual truth. I often work with biblical and religious themes or imagery, exploring the way that guilt/forgiveness, pain/pleasure, and punishment/purity overlap into my experience. I am especially interested in explorations that map the inside of my body as I imagine it, inviting others to see me in the way I see myself – to occupy my body for just a moment. I want to permit trespass, allowing the viewer to peer into something deeply vulnerable and uncomfortably honest, an actualization of the untruths that occupy my inner dialogue.