This is one of an intimate series of sculptural "paintings" I've made by running my fingers through a "paper-clay" mixture I've developed. This visceral and instinctive process of direct mark making by dragging my two hands through the soft material weaves together diagonal lines in the shape of my fingers. Once fully cured, the piece is painted with acrylic and sealed with layers of super glossy Crystal Clear UV Resin, which looks like traditional glazed ceramic. I often cut holes in these pieces to create further depth, materially and conceptually. I suggest eye holes or glory holes or third eyes, openings to another realm, or ritualized masks.

This piece, "Point of View in Blue", intimates the seemingly infinite scale of ocean and sky. The large eye holes imply a broad perspective beyond human. The physically cut orifices display and bring into focus the materiality of the specific wall the piece hangs on, while simultaneously suggesting an otherworldly expansive point of view.

Trulee Hall’s work presents a surreal geography drawing on motifs of the domestic, the decorative, and the erotic. The artist’s creative practice spans video, sculpture, painting, audio composition, and choreographed dance. Hall integrates these mediums into immersive installations. These vignettes offer multiple representations of a non-narrative visual subject, replayed through painting, sculpture, and video amalgams of CGI, claymation, and live action performance.

Hall received her BFA from the Atlanta College of Art in 1999 and her MFA from CalArts in 2006. Her work has been shown at the Rubell Family Collection, Hammer Museum, Deitch Projects, The Armory Show, Paramount Studios for Frieze Art Fair, Redcat, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), Barrick Museum of Art, Maccarone Los Angeles, Michael Benevento Gallery, and the Billy Wilder Theatre, among numerous other exhibitions and film screenings internationally. The artist recently premiered Tongues Duel the Corn Whores, an Opera at the Zabludowicz Museum in London. In September 2020, the Zabludowicz Museum will also premier a solo exhibition of Hall’s work.