Andrea Skyberg

medium: sculpture

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The Place In Between (installation detail) 2005 Installation art

Contact information
2189 N. 55th St.
Milwaukee, WI 53208
Email Address: fgmresearch@hotmail.com

Artist statement
I am interested in investigating the daily interactions we have with objects we consume. In each installation I create, there are objects that serve as accessories. I refer to these objects as accessories because they originally represent something secondary to the body, but have the ability to transform into the primary through desire and consumption. The stages of accumulating this accessory lead to the transformation of the accessory itself. The cycle begins with inquisitiveness, quickly turns to discomfort, becomes expulsion and soon after, appears as accumulation again. I have found that there are stages of accumulation and expulsion of these objects within the action of collecting or removing for a certain physical and mental effect. Through the slight entry into the body and the mind the product becomes part of the consumer, creating their role as secondary to what was consumed. This disruption in the body is brought about by the constant state of consumption. There is a disease in this action, an invasion of something alien that becomes part of the cycle. It invades the body and causes a pollution and deterioration of society and possibly identity. There is also a breaching of the classification. It exists in two worlds and cannot be defined by either, but must be recognized as both.

Biography
Skyberg received her BFA from the Maryland Institute, College of Art in 2000, graduating Cum Laude with a focus in fiber arts.

Immediately following graduation, Skyberg was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to travel and live in Nigeria for ten months. While she was there, Skyberg researched and filmed a documentary on female genital mutilation (FGM) and worked with women's groups in the most populated cities. She also participated in outreach programs to villages around the country. During this time she also traveled throughout Benin, Togo and Ghana, experiencing the arts, culture and history of Western Africa. After returning from Nigeria, she continued her education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, receiving her master's degree in spring 2004.

She is currently the manager of the UWM Union Art Gallery, where she works as the curator of exhibitions and special events programmer.