ABOUT
Wesley Usher is a writer and multi-disciplinary artist who lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. She received her MA in Applied Psychology from New York University and her MS in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University.
Since 2006 Usher has explored the implications of technology on self-narrative. The result of her research and work is four projects that construct a new digital language that transcends the boundaries of traditional narrative (Cassandra Code, Cambridge Key, The story of e, and Riddlespeak). She is currently deepening her work in self-narrative as it applies to cryptography, psychology and artificial intelligence research (Moonbear Museum, When daVinci is a woman, The Atlas).
Usher’s creative works are in private and public collections in the United States, including visual, installation and design work for healthcare and theatrical venues. Related work includes the curating and installation of New York art exhibitions by artists living with disability and the development of creative group work for the clinical setting. Her visual and literary art has been featured at the New York Public Library and in publications by Columbia University (New York, New York) and Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island).
ARTIST STATEMENT
I am a multidisciplinary artist working across mediums, with an emphasis on painting and writing. From the clinic to the studio, storytelling is the thread running through my work. My visual “stories” are abstracted narratives, puzzling hybrids with a traditional visual orientation that often contains scientific, technological or mathematical concepts. Influences include illuminated manuscripts, icons and polyptychs — along with maps, stamps, scientific illustration and artist journals.