Description
Alphabet Soup is an assortment of works from studio mates and interdisciplinary artists Carrie Garrison and Emma Vieser. Much like alphabet soup from a can where letters don’t spell out legible words, seeing Garrison and Vieser’s work together doesn’t always make perfect sense. Garrison’s ceramics and paintings are defined by bright colors and graphic patterns whereas Vieser’s paintings are lush and veer more towards abstraction than representation. Sometimes it can be surprising that all these works came out of the same can, er, studio.
Emma Vieser is a queer multimedia artist in Knoxville, TN. They attended the University
of Tennessee-Knoxville, where they earned a BFA in 2D Studio Art and a BA in Art
History. Since graduating in 2020, they have had their work shown in the Southeast
Museum of Photography, started a small business to market and sell their work, and
been published in local art quarterlies as well as larger online zines. Though most of
their work from school is photography, their newer explorations are in painting and
ceramics.
Carrie Garrison is a Knoxville-based multimedia artist/designer. After graduating from the University of Tennessee with a BFA in Graphic Design in 2020, Carrie pulled her focus back on to her fine art, specifically functional hand-built ceramics and the occasional painting. She is also currently teaching middle school art in Knox County.
Carrie Garrison:
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Em Vieser