Stephanie Booth: Biography
Stephanie is a working artist in the Washington D.C. area. She attended Mary Washington College and graduated in 2004 with a BA in Studio Art and Art History. While working as an art educator for six years, in 2007 she earned an MIS in studio art with concentrations in Mixed Media and Computers in the Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is currently an MFA candidate at George Mason University and a graduate lecturer in the photography department.
Stephanie has shown extensively both in and out of the Washington metropolitan area.and a full CV is avalible online.
Artist Statement
Memory and family history are human constructs created by our minds as a way to keep us connected to the past and ground us in the present. It does not matter if how we remember an event is how it actually occurred. What matters to each of us is that what we keep in our minds is what we accept as reality. My use of appropriated family photos, stories, and genealogy in my work references this construct of memory. There is an undeniable urge to connect to the past, to discover one’s roots. However, the past that we did not experience will always be a mystery. My work explores the conflict of trying to discover the undiscoverable.
