WE ARE HOME
Mikaila Dart
at Alpaca

Opening reception: 5.10.2024, 6-9pm
Closing reception: 6.7.2024, 6-9pm

"we are home is a collection of works depicting childhood memories and ephemera from my grandparents’ homes. The purpose is to return to youth; a time when the body craves mischief and playfulness. These pieces are created at the pace at which a memory exists and are displayed at the height most immediate for a young person. Within these places made up of physical immediacies, I offer a more elusive and ethereal subject; the cat—a vessel for myself and for the viewer to return to a nostalgic moment in time."

Mikaila Dart is a painter and drawer living and working in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Working primarily with oil stick on paper, Dart fuzes the domestic space with feline figuration. She earned her BFA in Studio Art at the University of New Mexico. Dart's work has been exhibited at John Sommers Gallery, Garage Door Gallery, Clown School Gallery and Freestyle Gallery. She is the recipient of the 2023 Reggie Behl Drawing Award.   www.mikailadart.com