What I've Been Trying to Say
“What I’ve Been Trying to Say” is a collection of text-based works from MFA Alumnus K. MacNeil (2018) that focuses on connection and the distances of communication. This exhibition features works from their time at UB and beyond, and showcases MacNeil’s interdisciplinary practice in print media, which blends performance, installation, and book arts.
In the Department of Art Project Space
Center For the Arts, Room 155
On View: February 19-23, 2024
Reception: Th. 2/21/24, 5-7PM
Exhibition poster for "What I've Been Trying to Say", by K. MacNeil (MFA 2018)
The Artist:
K. MacNeil is a genderqueer American-Canadian artist, educator, writer, and curator currently residing in Tkaronto (Toronto).
MacNeil’s work has exhibited internationally in France, China, Canada, and throughout numerous institutions across the US including the Print Center New York, the Western New York Book Arts Center, and Print Austin’s The Contemporary Print. Their work has been funded by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Mark Diamond Research Fund (SUNY Buffalo), and the South Carolina Arts Commission. MacNeil was awarded the Hexagon Fellowship at Open Studio (Toronto, ON) and they have completed residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and Tsinghua University (Beijing, China).
MacNeil holds an MFA in Studio Art from the University at Buffalo and a BA in Studio Art from the College of Charleston. They are an Assistant Professor of Printing History, Culture and Practice, Teaching Stream at the University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto.
During the participatory performance with Artist K MacNeil, at the reception on Wednesday, 2/21/24, 5-7PM, with artist book "this is not a love song".
Foreground: K. MacNeil artist book "this is not a love song"; Background: K. MacNeil shadow boxes "Witness My Shame".
Detail of K. MacNeil's "Witness My Shame", Silkscreened print inside wooden shadow box, with etched plexiglas. 24" x 48".
Detail of K. MacNeil's "Witness My Shame", Silkscreened print inside wooden shadow box, with etched plexiglas. 24" x 48".
K. MacNeil, "I THINK MY COUGH DROPS ARE GASLIGHTING ME", Linocut and handset Futura printed on mulberry. Unlimited edition.
During the participatory performance with Artist K MacNeil, at the reception on Wednesday, 2/21/24, 5-7PM.
K. MacNeil, "things to do with your mouth", screening of 2018 version, with 2024 reinactment.
Detail of K. MacNeil's "Fit to Print", Silkscreened print inside wooden light box, 24" x 48", 2018.
Background: K. MacNeil's "Fit to Print", Silkscreened print inside wooden light box, 24" x 48", 2018.
Foreground: K. MacNeil, "I THINK MY COUGH DROPS ARE GASLIGHTING ME", Linocut and handset Futura printed on mulberry. Unlimited edition.
K. MacNeil, "I THINK MY COUGH DROPS ARE GASLIGHTING ME", Linocut and handset Futura printed on mulberry. Unlimited edition.
Installation view of K. MacNeil exhibition "What I've Been Trying to Say", in the UB Department of Art Project Space, February 2024.