KIERAN "NEMO" SUMMERLIN née KAO
UNINSPIRED ARTIST


There was a time when she was sure she wanted to be an artist and, back then, art came naturally, but something happened while she was getting her MFA. She couldn't find inspiration for her art anymore and the resulting frustration soured her marriage. She no longer feels that same helpless rage she did while finishing up her degree; she's just given up, not on art, just on finding that lost inspiration. Sometimes she wonders if she even deserves to call herself an artist anymore.

STUCK IN A RUT



AN ENGINEER'S DREAM

Things just seem to balance when she puts things together. That stack of books? Check! A lot of plates on a really small table? No problem! That weird statue made out of a toilet bowl, a single chair leg, and giant foam rabbits foot? She's got you covered! She can't defy physics, but if it theoretically should work, it just seems to work when she gets her hands on it.

THAT LAST NAME THING

Even though she's fresh out of art school with her MFA, she's already been married and divorced. She married her college boyfriend right after they both graduated from undergrad, but it didn't last. They both pursued MFAs in Visual Arts and were pretty successful collaborators, but while they were able to work together as professionals, their personal life faltered. They called it quits after they graduated and now they live on opposite coasts, but they remain friends and colleagues. His last name stayed though because all her major works were done under her current name; their reputations remain inextricably tied.

Art already acquired through Movement & Color Raffle.