Statement

I am drawn to abstract forms and patterns in fleeting natural phenomena, such as drifting cloud formations and sunlight glittering on water. I am also captivated by the constant cycles of growth and decay in nature, and how the cellular and net-like structures of these processes repeat across scales, from microscopic to topographical. I seek to explore and translate these patterns and phenomena into materials such as clay, paper, fabric, wax, and wire.Through repetitive processes, subtle mark-making, the accumulation of small fragments or voids, and the passage of time, I create forms and landscapes ranging from biomorphic and tactile to delicate and filamentous. My work is quiet, meticulous, obsessive, and meditative.

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PUBLICATIONS
Best of BOSCO Member Exhibition, The Riverside Hotel, Boise, ID, 2021
Wax Works, Kansas City Stockyards Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2021
Artworks Northwest Biennial Exhibit, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, OR, 2021
Artwork featured in the September/October issue of Greenbelt Magazine, a lifestyle magazine for Boise, Idaho, 2020
Best of BOSCO Member Exhibition, The Riverside Hotel, Boise, ID, 2020
Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID, 2020
Abstract Catalyst #6, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR, 2019
10x10x10x Tieton, Mighty Tieton Warehouse, Tieton, WA, 2019
Small Worlds, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, 2019
Abstraction and Surrealism Small Group Show, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, 2019
Holiday Pop Up Show, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, 2018
Duo Exhibition, Lieberman Gallery at the Settlement Music School, Germantown, Philadelphia, 2018
Juried Craft Exhibition, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, 2018
Fiber Options, Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, MD, 2018
12th Annual Juried Exhibition, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA, 2018
Abstract Mind: The 2nd International Exhibition on Abstract Art, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea, 2018
Small Works, Upstream Gallery, Hastings-On-Hudson, NY, 2018
Craft Forms 2017: 23rd International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft, Davenport Gallery, Wayne, PA, 2017
Assemblage: Art of the Found Object, 5th Floor Exhibition Space, Bok Building, Philadelphia, 2017
8th International Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Mini Textile Art, "Scythia", Kherson and Ivano-Frankivs'k, Ukraine, 2017
Art Unleashed Exhibition and Sale, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, 2017
38th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, The Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ, 2017
Reflection & Reconnection, Gallery 224, Philadelphia, 2014
MFA Book Arts and Crafts/Fibers Exhibition, held in conjunction with Lenore Tawney: Wholly Unlooked For, Gallery 224, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, 2013
34th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, The Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ, 2013
36th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, 2012
Nonesuch, Senior Crafts Thesis Exhibition, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, 2012
Texture: Once More, with Feeling, Gallery One, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, 2012
Interview and images of artwork published in Fall issue of Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, a publication of the Handweavers Guild of America, 2011EDUCATION
2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors in Crafts/Fibers; Minor in the History of Visual Arts
College of Art and Design, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Bio

Caitria Mir (b. 1990, New York, NY) works with paper, clay, fabric, wax, and wire to respond abstractly to ephemeral natural phenomena; exploring themes of growth and decay, scale, and impermanence through materially-driven processes. She received her BFA in Crafts with a concentration in Fibers and Mixed Media from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia in 2012. Her artwork has been exhibited in group shows across the US, as well as abroad in South Korea and Ukraine. She currently lives and works in Boise, Idaho.