Kassandra Palmer
Kassandra Palmer, 'The night we looked at the sky and let the stars write things we wanted to read', 2024, Oil on shaped panel, Approx. 45 x 60cm
Kassandra Palmer’s works are inspired by her background in physics and by her experiences of parenthood. Imagery of butterflies, profiles in silhouette, moons, houses, trees and wood grain characterize the work. These symbols build both an outer world and an inner world, simultaneously reflecting the landscape of her home in Wisconsin, USA as they point towards themes of interiority and metamorphosis. Relying on an archetypal visual language that freely oscillates between figuration and abstraction, each construction is a souvenir from a mental landscape, embodying part of the foundational physical mystery that exists in the paradoxical relationship between observation and perception.
Kassandra Palmer is an artist and reformed scientist who lives in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Her work studies interactions of time, symbol, story, psychology, and nature. Palmer earned her BS in physics from Santa Clara University and her MFA in painting and drawing from the University of Iowa; she has taught painting and drawing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Carroll University, and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. In 2024 Palmer was selected as an “Artist to Follow” by Artdose Magazine and in 2023, Ortega y Gasset highlighted Palmer as an “Artist to Watch.” Palmer is represented by James May Gallery (Milwaukee, WI, USA). She has shown in group shows throughout the United States and internationally; her most recent solo exhibitions have been at James May Gallery (2022, Milwaukee, WI), The Overture Center for the Arts (2020, Madison, WI) and The University of Wisconsin (2020, Madison, WI).