Artist Statement:
I am drawn to images and scenes that linger, that sit suspended in time and continually resurface, that moments we return to over and over.

My practice centers on creating paintings that offer glimpses into daily life, that reflect on the sweetness of sapphic intimacy and tenderness, and engage with a sense of transcendence or strangeness that seeps through the everyday as it is lived and remembered. A lover stretches out in the morning light, an empty train station sits silent, charcoal embers glow at the end of the evening, smoke from fireworks hovers over the lakefront, and shadows flicker on the wall. Paintings produce the sensation of film stills, suspended between voyeurism and intimacy. Soft tones, brushy layers, and deliberately unfinished elements invite viewers into scenes in soft focus, when the eyes flutter, the sun fades, and the curtains are drawn. Warm tones peek through thin washes of paint, establishing a sense of warmth and closeness. Embracing the atmospheric, the tender, and the strange, these works tell stories of how we build connection, embrace awe, and find comfort amid apprehension and precarity.

Artist Bio:
Adrienne Elyse Meyers (b. 1994, Houston, TX) is a visual artist who was born and raised in Southeast Texas and currently lives and works in Chicago. Meyers studied in Houston and Boston before earning an MFA from the University of Chicago, and she has exhibited nationally and internationally. Meyers’s current practice centers on composing paintings that bring together scenes of daily life, the tenderness of sapphic intimacy, and a sense of awe or strangeness that seeps through the everyday.