by Kata Mejia and Rodney Dickson
June 6-28, 2008

Kata Mejia
Inspired by issues of violence, chaos, order, and the rhythmic patterns of rituals, Kata’s work uses repetition to deal with those moments when rational thought is so deeply affected by chaos and disruption as to cause a state of emergency within us. The images in her work address domestic and social problems such as the plight of women, violence, and kidnapping. Her work has become a reaction to the violence she witnessed and experienced in her homeland, Colombia.

Rodney Dickson
Born in 1956 in Northern Ireland, Rodney grew up during the troubled years of civil disorder that engulfed that country. Having drawn and painted since a child, he has reacted to his early experience by considering the futility and hypocrisy of war through art. With time he developed an interest in Vietnam and Cambodia where he has researched extensively and completed a number of art projects since 1992. There he witnessed the aftermath of conflict in its indiscriminately brutal form: it is from this point that his work proceeds.