{"id":11420,"date":"2021-06-03T16:56:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T20:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=11420"},"modified":"2021-06-07T13:56:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T17:56:05","slug":"brittany-m-watkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/brittany-m-watkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Brittany M. Watkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_880\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11420-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/BrittanyMWatkins2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/BrittanyMWatkins2.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/BrittanyMWatkins2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11450 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Brittany-M.-Watkins-.jpg?resize=234%2C232&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Brittany-M.-Watkins-.jpg?resize=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Brittany-M.-Watkins-.jpg?resize=1024%2C1016&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Brittany-M.-Watkins-.jpg?resize=768%2C762&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Brittany-M.-Watkins-.jpg?resize=1536%2C1524&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Brittany-M.-Watkins-.jpg?resize=2048%2C2033&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Brittany-M.-Watkins-.jpg?resize=696%2C691&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Brittany-M.-Watkins-.jpg?resize=1068%2C1060&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Brittany-M.-Watkins-.jpg?resize=423%2C420&amp;ssl=1 423w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Brittany-M.-Watkins-.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/brittanymwatkins.com\/\">Brittany M. Watkins<\/a> (b.1989) is an interdisciplinary artist based in the Southern United States. Her practice examines contemporary society through a lens of psycho-analysis and social critique as she moves between a range of media. From immersive installation to hyper edited video-performances, her intuitive (subconscious) process mirrors the push and pull between interiority and public life, linking larger social issues to the fragility of the human psyche. Since obtaining her Master\u2019s Degree of Fine Art in 2016 from Florida State University, she has exhibited in venues ranging from international art fairs and museums to experimental, artist-run-spaces in the U.S. and abroad. Her site-specific installation <i>&lt;Accept [(Self) + Elsewhere] <\/i>was awarded the <i>Juried Panel Prize <\/i>($25,000) in <i>ArtFields <\/i>2017, where she later erected a public art installation at <i>TRAX Visual Art Center <\/i>for <i>ArtFields 2018<\/i>. She was a finalist for <i>Foundwork\u2019s Inaugural Artist Prize <\/i>(2019) and later nominated for the <i>Joan Mitchell Painter\u2019s &amp; Sculptor\u2019s Grant in 2020<\/i>. Since 2018, she has participated in residencies such as <i>The Vermont Studio Center, 701 Center for Contemporary Art, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts &amp; Sciences, <\/i>and <a href=\"http:\/\/longroadprojects.com\/#\/brittanymwatkins\"><i>Long Road Projects<\/i><\/a>. She currently lives and works in Columbia, South Carolina as a full-time artist.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The books mentioned in the interview are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=mastery+by+robert+greene&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw\">Mastery by Robert Greene<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Sun_Also_Rises\">The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11451\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11451\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11451 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Behaviors-Stacked-over-Certainty.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Behaviors-Stacked-over-Certainty-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Behaviors-Stacked-over-Certainty-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Behaviors-Stacked-over-Certainty-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Behaviors-Stacked-over-Certainty-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Behaviors-Stacked-over-Certainty-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Behaviors-Stacked-over-Certainty-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Behaviors-Stacked-over-Certainty-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C712&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Behaviors-Stacked-over-Certainty-scaled.jpg?resize=630%2C420&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Behaviors-Stacked-over-Certainty-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Behaviors STACKED [over] Certainty, six altered couches stacked with ratchet straps &amp; paint, 10&#8242; x 8.5&#8242; x 10.5&#8242;, 2018. Installation detail from my solo show: AFFECT-ED, BEING at 701 Center for Contemporary Art in Columbia, SC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11452\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11452 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_1565.jpg?resize=640%2C423&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_1565.jpg?resize=1024%2C676&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_1565.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_1565.jpg?resize=768%2C507&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_1565.jpg?resize=696%2C459&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_1565.jpg?resize=1068%2C705&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_1565.jpg?resize=637%2C420&amp;ssl=1 637w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_1565.jpg?w=1170&amp;ssl=1 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under them-there Hills&#8230;Mama, mixed-media installation, 30\u2019 x 18\u2019 x 13\u2019, 2019. Installation detail from MINT Gallery in Atlanta, GA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/BrittanyMWatkins2.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listBrittany M. Watkins (b.1989) is an interdisciplinary artist based in the Southern United States. Her practice examines contemporary society through a lens of psycho-analysis and social critique as she moves between a range of media. 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