ARTIST BIO (she/her/hers)

As a multidisciplinary artist, photographer and writer, Cassandra explores themes around identity and self actualization. She received her BFA in Graphic Design from Mount St. Joseph University in her hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. 

• Retired Wedding Photographer and Inclusivity Educator (2012-2023).

• Co-founded Five-Dots (2016-2019), an online publication that cultivated dialogues with artists and artisans about their work and processes with artist, Megan Bickel.

ARTIST STATEMENT

We spend our lives scripting a headline, as if we are a single, unchanging article. Yet, we are actually a spectrum of identities, waxing and waning; a collection of subtitles.

My work explores these identities.

Centered in the abstract, my creative process itself becomes the container for inner dialogue. Each mark is a sentence desiring response. The conversation continues as layers of intuitive mixed-media are applied. The result is small works on paper, often thickened through long exchanges. Producing on limited space requires greater intimacy, asking every detail to be noticed and addressed until an understanding is acquired.

Rather than operating from a plan, my process uses materials and experiments intersecting at the crossroads of my own curiosity. I’m intrigued by spontaneity.


All portraits of Cassandra by the inimitable, Lauren Neal.