About

Voegeli-Curran earned an MFA degree in Drawing and Painting from California State University, Long Beach (CSULB).  She has also studied art in Florence, Italy, and at Anderson Ranch Art Center in Colorado.  Her work has been exhibited in the Los Angeles area, nationally, and internationally and has been collected by CSULB and in private homes. In Oct. 2013, she participated in High Desert Test Sites in the artist collective, Constellation Lab. She works and lives in the Los Angeles area and has a studio at Angel's Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro.

artist Statement

My abstract organic sculptures and installations explore the fragility of the natural world and the effects of human intervention. I create sculptures that reference deteriorating forms found in nature—tangles of unruly vines, decomposing leaves, and other organic structures—as well as installations that evoke envirionmental crises such as toxic algae blooms and oil spills. Current newspaper articles and photographs from my travels along California's Central Coasand the forests of the Pacific Northwest serve as the impetus for work that moves between the micro and the macro.

I use wire to explore the interplay between interiority and exteriority. Its transparency allows physical form to reveal an underlying psychological landscape, while the process of sculpting with wire becomes a way of drawing in space, with the wire functioning as line. The ephemeral, organic sculptures of Ruth Asawa, who similarly approached wire as a drawing medium, provided an early source of inspiration. The multilayered Duralar drawings and installations of artist Katy Stone further encouraged me to experiment with synthetic materials.

My recent work incorporates reclaimed plastics and Tyvek, drawing on the fluidity, malleability, and instability of these materials to evoke an environment in crisis. Through melting, tearing and layering these synthetic materials, I echo the Earth's ongoing cycles of decomposition, transformation, and renewal while simultaneously reflecting the environmental consequences of human consumption. Through these works, I invite viewers to consider humanity's imprinton the natural world and the increasingly narrowing possibilities for environmental repair.