Nic is a contemporary artist currently based in Hudson Valley, New York. She metaphorically incorporates into her work the autobiographical story of an eating disorder she suffered as a child from an obsessive diet and wrong body image.
She began suffering from an eating disorder at the tender age of 11 under the influence of her mother, who strictly controls her weight and diet. While receiving treatment to end her physical and mental pain, she realized that she was defining her food as evil.
Based on these experiences, the artist became interested in certain fables that linked food to evil, deception, temptation, or moral depravity. She reinterpreted stories pointing to food craving behavior, such as 'Adam and Eve' and 'Fox and Grape', in her visual language.
The artist argues that most of the stories of overeating and appetite in children's literature have delivered negative messages with disastrous results. She says that the false values of food formed as a child continue to this day, as fairy tales of the past have been handed down to this day.
The artist hopes that through the exhibition, the audience will heal their physical and mental pain and be reborn as their original form, just as a fairy tale caterpillar transforms into a healthy and beautiful butterfly
Nic Dyer's solo exhibition, 'Hungry, Hungry' will be held until Jan. 7 next year at the Gana Art Nineone in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.
Sayart / Nao Yim, yimnao@naver.com
