b. 1958
Beverly Semmes was born in Washington, DC. She received an MFA from the Yale School of Art in addition to a BA and BFA from the Boston Museum School, Tufts University.
Semmes is a sculptor whose practice also incorporates painting, photography, and performance. These complementary elements adhere in surprising ways, probing the paradoxes and complexities of the female body and its representation.
Semmes became known for her large-scale dress sculptures in the early 1990s. These oversized articles of clothing, primarily dresses, are typically altered by elongating the arms and hemming the length to extend to the floor, often filling the entire gallery. She also gained early recognition for her ongoing Feminist Responsibility Project (FRP), which creates an intermediary space in which queries involving female sexuality can take form. Semmes currently lives and works in New York City.
Semmes is a sculptor whose practice also incorporates painting, photography, and performance. These complementary elements adhere in surprising ways, probing the paradoxes and complexities of the female body and its representation.
Semmes became known for her large-scale dress sculptures in the early 1990s. These oversized articles of clothing, primarily dresses, are typically altered by elongating the arms and hemming the length to extend to the floor, often filling the entire gallery. She also gained early recognition for her ongoing Feminist Responsibility Project (FRP), which creates an intermediary space in which queries involving female sexuality can take form. Semmes currently lives and works in New York City.
