Artist Statement
My work leads one to the place between their mind and their screen, between space and time, between thought and feeling, and into the everyday sublime. I create spaces in-screen and in-real-life that mix the surreal, cinematic, and commonplace through 3D animation and installation. Looping slowly yet infinitely, these spaces allow one to look through the mirror of the screen and enter a meditative headspace beyond as well as within. The post-internet culture of distraction leads our minds to occupy themselves in any way except internally - my work utilizes these same experiential stimuli to awaken interiority in a suspended metaphysical twilight zone.  

Bio
Lucia Riffel (they/she) is an installation and animation artist who navigates the space between physical, digital, and psychological realms in their interdisciplinary practice. Riffel earned their Bachelor of Arts (2015) in Studio Art and Art History at the University of Minnesota, Morris, and their Master of Fine Arts (2018) at Florida State University. They create spaces in screen and IRL to explore notions of time and ephemerality. Their otherworldly works have been shown at Laundromat Art Space, Day & Night Projects, Carnation Contemporary, and Dream Clinic Project Space. Riffel is a National Endowment for the Arts 2022 grant recipient and has been awarded residencies at Bunker Projects, Laboratory Residency, Stay Home Gallery, and Drum Machine Editions. In recent years, Riffel's works have graced our minds and screens through solo exhibition The Eternal Present at Tempus Projects, virtual exhibition screensavor at The Neon Heater, and group exhibition Hot House at Bunker Projects. They have recently relocated their home base and art practice to Pittsburgh, PA.

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