Time Isn't After Us

Ortega y Gasset Projects is pleased to present Time Isn't After Us, an exhibition of new work by North Carolina-based artist Shelley Smith in the gallery’s main space. Time Isn't After Us, curated by OyG Co-Director Clare Britt, is the artist’s first solo exhibition outside the Southeastern US. "And I listened for a voice But my heart was all I heard" —Edna St. Vincent Millay "What weʼll always have Is something we lost" —Ocean Vuong Time Isnʼt After Us is an exhibition of new, large-scale works on cloth that overlap contemporary digital technologies with ancient textile techniques of hand embroidery and embellishment. Using original photography primarily taken during a residency at Jentel in rural Wyoming as a starting point, Time Isnʼt After Us presents a reflection on death, decay, preservation, and a future both created and lost. Shelley Smith is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in her hometown of Raleigh, NC. Works on cloth serve as the foundation of her practice, which overlaps contemporary digital technologies with ancient techniques of hand embroidery and fabric manipulation to produce otherworldly compositions from otherwise mundane, overlooked moments found in the natural world. Smith holds a Master of Art and Design with a concentration in Fibers and Surface Design from North Carolina State University (2016), and has exhibited work at various spaces in the Southeastern US. Since 2016, Shelley Smith has advocated for her local art community through her work at Anchorlight, where she is the Co-Founder and Director.