Shattered Silhouettes

Shattered Silhouettes is an immersive exhibition exploring the interplay between memory and time. Inspired by personal experiences of witnessing family members decline into dementia, the exhibition aims to explore the profound impacts of cognitive diseases and the brain while shedding light on the complexities of memory. Large glass sheets with photographic imagery etched on the surface hang in the space with light projecting through them. The sheets are intentionally broken and reassembled, the cracks and open areas representing the effects of stress and trauma on the mind. The light and shadows caused by the projections create a dynamic environment mirroring the fluid nature of memory. The installation encourages introspection, reflection, and discussion, fostering empathy for those affected by cognitive diseases.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Kaitlin Santoro is an interdisciplinary artist who works across photography, glass, and printmaking, to explores time, impermanence, loss, and memory. She creates work that slowly breaks down and shifts, documenting the process and the aftermath to illustrate the fragility of memory over time. Santoro pushes the traditional boundaries of lens based, print, and 3D techniques by using incompatible materials, creating and using distortion lenses, or working in non-archival methods like printing with household solvents.
Santoro’s work has been exhibited internationally, including in exhibitions at the International Center of Photography, UrbanGlass, and the Print Center of New York. She has been awarded residencies at the Manhattan Graphics Center, Pilchuck Glass School, DaVinci Art Alliance, the Sculpture Space, and the Oxbow School of Art. Santoro has presented at the Glass Art Society annual conference, Pilchuck Glass School, the Tyler School of Art, and Queens College. She received her BFA from the University of Connecticut, and her MFA in Photography from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture. She currently teaches at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia and for the City University of New York.