I explore the domestic as a site of memory, identity, and the uncanny. Through drawing, painting, and installation, I reconfigure familiar elements of the home: doors, windows, and furniture, placing them in unexpected relationships in order to blur the line between representation and reality. My drawings ground spaces in memory, while my paintings shift perception, creating layered, intimate environments. By staging these elements, I aim to reveal the quiet emotional undercurrents of everyday life, and how domestic spaces can be both lived environments and theatrical stages where familiarity and strangeness intersect.
Camryn Connolly (b. 1998) was born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts. She started her education in the arts at an early age, attending the Acorn Gallery School of Art in Marblehead, MA. She completed her BFA in painting and printmaking from Boston University in May of 2021, and is currently pursuing an MFA in studio arts with a specialization in painting and drawing at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She was the recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Grant in 2018. Her work has been displayed at Endicott College, Gallery 236, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Katzman Contemporary Projects, and most recently 82 Parris.