Atlanta-based multimedia artist Bonnie Maygarden’s “Uncanny Valley” is a series of abstract trompe l'oeil paintings that act as illusions asking the viewer to slow down, to question and absorb what is being presented. “This year, AI has become inescapable,” says Bonnie. “As with every wave of technology before it, artists are once again confronted with what will shift. Images are already over-consumed and disposable as we endlessly scroll on our phones- but now, as computer-generated imagery becomes increasingly indistinguishable from human-made images, how do we respond?”
Bonnie’s paintings are a play between the visual references and language of technology based images and the timeless tools - paint and a canvas - that artists use to arrest the viewer. Her paintings draw on the illusion of light and surface, a nod to painting as form, and the exploration of process as both tradition and innovation. “Using illusion allows me to ask the viewer to slow down, to question, and absorb what they see. I always aim to make work that can’t be fully understood until it is experienced,” says Bonnie.
"Waves," acrylic on canvas stretched on panel, 47 by 216 inches



"Film," acrylic on canvas, artist made frame of reclaimed wood & fabric, 24 by 19 inches



"Paths," acrylic on canvas, 30 by 24 inches



"Valley," acrylic on canvas, 60 by 48 inches


"Split Screen," acrylic on canvas, 60 by 48 inches



Bonnie Maygarden is a multimedia artist based in New Orleans, LA and Atlanta, GA. She received her BFA from Pratt Institute in 2010 and her MFA from Tulane University in 2014. Her work has been featured in exhibitions both nationally and internationally in various museums, galleries and alternative venues including: The Contemporary Art Center (New Orleans), The Ogden Museum of Southern Art (New Orleans), Université Lumière Lyons (Lyons, France), The Camden Art Center (London, UK), Gallery Jochen Hempel (Berlin, Germany), Pratt Institute (Brooklyn), and the Callenwolde Fine Art Center (Atlanta). Several notable publications have featured Maygarden’s work, her work was reviewed in ArtForum and Burnaway, and her paintings were also featured twice in New American Paintings. Her work appears in collections including Perez Art Museum Director Franklin Sirmans (Miami), Susan and Ralph Brennan (New Orleans), and University Medical Center (New Orleans), Stanford University Medical Center (Stanford), and the New Orleans Four Seasons.
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