About
Neil Daigle Orians (they/he) is an artist, curator, and educator living and working in Cincinnati, Ohio, the native homeland of the Indigenous Algonquian speaking tribes, including the Delaware, Miami, and Shawnee tribes. They received a BFA in Studio Art from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and MFA in Studio Art from the University of Connecticut. From 2016-2021, they served as Visual Arts Manager at Real Art Ways in Hartford, CT, organizing and curating more than 100 exhibitions, public events, and performances. They have received residencies from the International Print Center of New York, Stove Works (Chattanooga, TN), and The Morgan Conservatory (Cleveland, OH). Recent exhibition venues and project sites include: Radiator Arts (Queens, NY); International Center for Printmaking (New York, NY); Salisbury University (Salisbury, MD); University of Nebraska-Omaha (Omaha, NE); and Alexander Brest Gallery (Jacksonville, FL). They have taught courses on art, culture, and theory at the University of Connecticut, Quinnipiac University, and University of Hartford, as well as workshops for organizations and schools including The Hotchkiss School (Lakeville, CT) and the University of Nebraska-Omaha. They are currently an Assistant Professor and Area Head of Printmaking at the University of Cincinnati.
Statement
I used to have a long and carefully written statement here. My recent move across the country to Ohio forced me to reorganize my practice in a way that was desperately necessary, and as an unintended result I’ve reconsidered the function of a statement that goes along with my work. My ADHD makes connecting dots between my disparate interests a difficult but not impossible task. Regardless, it seems pointless to try and explain the goals or motivations or ideas behind my work on a singular web page. So instead I’ll offer a handful of keywords (in no particular order) and let you put the pieces together. I think it’s more fun that way.
dialectics • archive • memoir • queerness • identity • loss • haunting • mental health • print • ghosts • saturation • narrative • transmedia • publication • pressure • multiplicity • glitch • nuance • anxiety • politics • masculinity • pixels • sexuality • bodies • DIY • pop culture • alternate reality games • failure
Contact
Instagram / Twitter: @neilmakesthings
