Alter Icons
Svetlana Rabey

The figures in Alter Icons originate from the artist’s childhood memories, and regularly recur as drawings, sculptures, and paintings in her work. The soft sculptures are hand sewn, arranged like saints in a church or like dancers on a stage–they are symbols of the human form that also evoke a narrative. The intricate stitches form tightly-snaking contours of the long arms and legs, including mistakes and tangles that build up a chaotic embroidery.

About the Artist
Svetlana Rabey was born in Moscow, Russia and grew up in Philadelphia and New York City. After studying dance in New York, she earned a BFA from Parsons School of Design in 1996. She received the Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program Fellowship in 2006 and the Chashama Residency Program in Harlem in 2007. She has been a recipient of the NYFA Drawing Fellowship in 2015 and the Chashama Exhibition Space Residency in 2016. Svetlana lives and works in New York with her son and husband.
For more information or to schedule a visit to see the show outside of the posted hours, please contact Svetlana at rabeysvetlana@gmail.com. She can also be followed on Instagram.