Clerestory, by Cat Mailloux, is the first show in Columbus Printed Arts Center's Print Fellow Exhibition Series.

Clerestory brings together works of weaving, colored drawings, and a series of micro-essays that reflect on the corporeal and the spiritual. In medieval cathedrals, clerestories were placed high in cathedral walls to block out the dirt and grime of everyday life. Lined with stained glass, the light that sifted through the windows was a channel of the divine, transmuting heaven into an earthly location. In an attempt to locate this light, Clerestory places color, material, and language in play to illuminate sickness, immanence, and awe.

Cat Mailloux’s visual work is a hybrid practice that reaches across drawing, sewing, sculpture, and writing to explore personal history, spirituality, and the relationship between process and material. She received her Masters of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture from The Ohio State University in 2018. Currently, she lives and teaches in Columbus, Ohio.