Artist Statement
I consider myself an experimental artist working across various the mediums. For me, making is a deeply personal and selfish act—one that is both liberating and frustrating and meditative. Creating has evolved into an obsession with materials and process. I exist in a constant flux of repairing and rebuilding.
My practice is grounded in material exploration, creating two and three dimensional forms, immersive installations, sculptures, paintings, and prints. Each medium explores the tension between the dualities of order and chaos, confinement and freedom, structure and fragility. Through techniques such as wrapping, tying, stitching, and manipulating fiber I create forms that evoke both familiarity and ambiguity.
My earliest inspiration came from watching my Italian grandmother sew and create delicate fiber work. I work with materials such as fabric, thread, wool, and handmade paper, once considered mundane to create works that blur the line between craft and fine art. Working with fiber, which naturally wears, tears, and changes over time, I explore the beauty found in imperfection and impermanence. Ritual and repetition are central to my process, reflecting on society, vulnerability, growth and decay.
Bio:
Dayna Talbot is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been nationally and internationally exhibited and is held in public and private collections. Working with fiber, paint, and sculptural installation, her recent work explores contemporary social and environmental concerns through material and process.
Born outside of Pittsburgh, PA, she received a BFA with distinction from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and her MFA from Lesley University College of Art and Design. Dayna lives and works in New Hampshire.
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Education
2016 MFA, Visual Arts, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA
2013 Graduate Studies, Plymouth State University, NH,
2007 BFA, Painting, Massachusetts College of Art, MA
Selected Exhibitions
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2024 Black and White and Then Some, Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, Sandwich, NH
2021 The Power of Remembrance, Marian Graves Mugar Gallery at Colby Sawyer College, Solo Exhibition, New London, NH
2018 Seeking Refuge, Twiggs Gallery, Three Person Show, Boscawen NH
2017 Everyday and In-Between, Member’s Gallery, Two Person Exhibition, Concord Center for the Arts, Concord, MA
2017 Cross Connections, Galletly Gallery, Solo Exhibition, New Hampton, NH.
2017 Revealing the Internal-Exploring the External, Three Person Exhibition,
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2025 The Future Belongs to the Loving, MAPSpace, Port Chester, NY
2025 Ravel, Associate Members Exhibition, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA
2024 Crit Ecologies, Hudson Valley MOCA, Peekskill, NY
2024 Tutto a Tempo, The CaMus Museo Camuno, Breno, Italy
2024 Form + Texture, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH
2024 Reimagine, Museum of the White Mountains, Plymouth, NH
2024 Fresh From the Studio, Galletly Gallery, New Hampton, NH
2023 Labor of Life:Textiles and Fibers, Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA
2021 Marking Covid Lives, The Broasd, MIT, Cambridge,MA
2021 Tension:Process in the Making, Twiggs Gallery, Boscawen, NH
2021 The Chemistry of Fiber Lab, LexArts, Lexington, MA
2020 SacredSpaces/Sacred Places, Twiggs Gallery, Boscawen, NH
2020 Threaded, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
2019 Asian Sensibility, Lakes Gallery at Chi Lin, Laconia, NH
2019 Shift Happens, Melanie Carr Gallery, Essex, CT
2019 New in June, Lakes Gallery at Chi Lin, Laconia, NH
2019 I Have a Dream, Galletly Gallery, New Hampton, NH
2018 Seeking Refuge, Twiggs Gallery, Boscawen NH
2018 Glass Ceiling:Limitless View, 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH
2017 Everyday and In-Between, Member’s Gallery, Two Person Exhibition, Concord Center for the Arts,
Concord, MA
2017 Cross Connections, Galletly Gallery, Solo Exhibition, New Hampton, NH.
2017 International Fiber Arts Biennial Exhibition, Juried Exhibition,
Collaborative Project with Surface Design Association, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA.
2017 WIP - Work In Progress, Vandernoot Gallery, Cambridge Ma
2017 Revealing the Internal-Exploring the External,Three Person Exhibition,
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2016 Red, Juried Exhibition, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2016 Selfish, Juried Exhibition, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2016 The Theresa Show, Juried Exhibition, Harriet Tubman Gallery, Boston, MA
2015 Grief and Healing, Chandler Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2014 Members Juried Show, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA,
2013 MassArt Auction, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2013 New Members Show,Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2013 Shifting Landscapes, Juried Exhibition, Arts League of Lowell, Lowell, MA
2013 Encaustic: Luminosity in Wax, Juried Exhibition, Gallery Seven, Maynard, MA
2013 Collector’s Show, Arts League of Lowell Gallery, Lowell, MA
2013 Creative Collaborative, Cambridge Art Association and Maud Morgan, University Place Gallery,
Cambridge, MA
2013 Members Juried I, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, Juror George Nick
2012 Annual Member’s Juried Show, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
2012 Mood Lighting, Evans Encaustics National Juried Show, Sonoma, CA
2012 Members Juried II, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, Juror Perry
2012 Painting: Color Dominates, Evans Encaustics National Juried Show, Sonoma, CA
2011 Annual Member’s Juried Show, The Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
2011 Once and for A.L.L., The Brush Art Gallery, Juried Show, Lowell, MA
2011 Remembering 911 The Encaustic Art Institute, Cerrillos, NM
2011 Members Juried 1,Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, Juror Nina Gara Bozicnik,
Currier Museum of Art
2010 Green” Annual Juried Summer Show, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH, Juror Monroe Denton, Art Historian,
Critic, and Faculty Member School of Visual Arts NYC, NY
2009 Limited Editions, Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, Sandwich, NH
2009 Pink, Collins Gallery, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
2009 Annual Juried Summer Exhibition, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH
2009 Mixed Media Printmaking, Collins Gallery, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
2009 New England Landscapes, Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, Sandwich, NH, Collaborative Project
Collaborative Projects
2020 25 Million Stitches Project, Global Project
2018 No Mistakes Only Opportunities, 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH
2010 Harmony Project, HAbitat for Humanity, The Encaustic Institute, Cerillos, NM
Collections
Enterprise Bank and Trust, Lowell, MA
United Airlines, Boston, MA
Encaustic Art Institute, Cerrillos, NM
Zea Mays, Florence, Ma