Artist Statement
Anne Feller’s work is an examination of memory which seeks to explore questions of what we remember, how we remember, and why we remember what we remember. Each piece is a recreation of an intimate yet fleeting moment in time often capturing figures in simple everyday activities. The act of remembering and the involuntary manifestation of forgetting appear side by side in my work. Each piece thus balances both the desire to preserve the memory in its entirety while simultaneously revealing the unreliability of the memory itself.
Feller’s primary medium is encaustic as the material offers a uniquely resilient durability. In the unchanging space of the wax, her pieces contain layered drawn moments. The overlapping images create a sense of motion as the memories take on a vivid life of their own within the isolated timeline of each piece. Once embedded, the viewer is offered a chance to peer through layers of history. Like fossils trapped in sediment, the act of preservation within each piece becomes a moment of permanence in a world of impermanence. This is reflective of Feller’s own concerns of memory, time, and ultimately the mortality of the people, the moment, and the memory depicted.
About
Anne Feller is a figurative encaustic artist who works with themes of memory and intimate relations. She is based out of Boulder, Colorado where she has lived her life since moving to the city for university. Feller attained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Colorado at Boulder with an emphasis in Painting and Drawing in May 2021. She is a 2021 recipient of the Emerging Artist Grant from International Encaustic Artists and has been awarded several gallery prizes since 2019. In July 2022, Feller opened her first solo exhibition “The Tip of the Tongue” at Artworks Center for Contemporary Art. She published her essay “Fossilization of Memories” in the Fall 2022 edition of Wax Fusion, a magazine featuring contemporary encaustic artists. Feller concluded the year as a selected artist in Athena Project’s Artful Reflections, a program that aims to uplift women artists through thoughtful discourse and community engagement. Feller is currently preparing for her second solo exhibition at the Tointon Gallery scheduled for late 2024.
