Victoria Norton

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  • Silhouette, Horizon I (Front(ier) of the mind / desert or garden) (installation view) - 2023 - Bending plywood, acrylic, light, hardware - 5 x 7 x 1 feet

  • a windless sail, fickle flight - 2023 - Wood, acrylic, hot brands, hardware - 8.5 x 10.5 x 2 feet

  • Trophy 1 - 2023 - Steel, wood, acrylic, nails, rust, fire - 12 x 6 x 6 inches

  • Show Pony - 2023 - CRT TV, single channel video, steel, wood, rust, fire - 2 x 2 x 2 feet

  • Searching, Running (after Muybridge) - 2023 - Steel, nails - 144 x 4 x 2 inches

  • What Knots Knot Knots - 2023 - Wood, twine, acrylic paint, nail, fire - 6 x 24 x 2 inches

Artist Statement

I have been creating work that investigates absence and desire, how they persist and haunt in memory both temporally and spatially. Through the use of themes of the American West – from cinema and landscape to masculinity and control, as well as imagery of my childhood growing up around animals, farms, and rodeos in Nebraska – I begin to play with staging and installation to produce my work. Mediums are fluid in my practice; wood, metal, ceramics, light, painting, video, sound, and kinetics are all incorporated into sculptures that create a dialogue in the space between them.

Artist Bio

Victoria Norton is an installation artist working in a variety of mediums such as wood, metal, light and sound. Originally from Nebraska and currently based in New York City, she received a BFA in Studio Arts and a BA in Art History from the University of Nebraska Lincoln. She will be graduating with an MFA from Parsons the New School for Design in May of 2024.