Kyler Garrison

The constant onslaught of digital distractions can often make it difficult for our minds to fully engage with the present moment, leading to a fragmented view of the past - where detail gets lost in translation and distorted with time. Informed by a post-internet upbringing, the internet, the way we interact with it, and the effect it has on one's memory contain themes and subjects that influence Garrison’s work. His practice consists of airbrush-reliant mixed media paintings, utilizing the soft and hazy manner of the medium to communicate these themes.

Memory, both personal and collective, is a fundamental aspect of human experience, and plays a large role in the subject matter and themes of my work. It shapes our identities, informs our beliefs, and influences our actions. Yet memory is also fleeting and malleable, subject to the whims of time and circumstance. Garrion’s work is intended to exist in this liminal space, inviting thought and reflection on the role of influence and memory, and the ways in which it can both enhance and deceive our understanding of the world around us.