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Kyla Zoe Luedtke

The Southeast Review is proud to feature the artwork of Kyla Zoe Luedtke. Click here to view the slideshow.

Here is what Kyla has to say about her art:

I approach my work as a puppeteer might approach her puppets in that the arrangement of the figures is fascinating to me. Their dresses, undergarments, and even their shoes are all designed to complement the colors and patterns of the room, walls, and tapestries. My narratives are set in a meticulously designed world of vanity, beauty, and patterns. Consequently, that discretion is more indicative of a carefully constructed stage than the happenstance of real life. In short, the works are intended to fit within the paradigm of fairy tales. Over and over again, it is a paradigm that reminds us of the perilous nature of curiosity, the potency of beauty, and the inevitable fall of innocence. In this way, the work itself takes on the role of the vessel of meaning; in other words, the images become the subjects of our empathy and the epicenter of our emotional response. Stage-like in their presentation, the works have the taunting effect of something the viewer can commiserate with but cannot control.

Kyla Zoe Luedtke graduated with a BFA Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design in spring of 2002. She has attended residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the New York Mills Arts Retreat at the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center in Minnesota. She has also participated in numerous exhibitions nationally. Kyla is currently pursuing her M.F.A. in Printmaking at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. For more information visit her website.

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