Gregory Uzelac

Lives and works in Sydney NSW, Australia

Artist statement

Mythology, like art, grounds society through esoteric metaphors and symbols. I see art as a crucial social vehicle that turns mythical storytelling into sensory, connective experiences. I claim that for society to thrive, it must have myths. To distribute myths to society, society needs art with mythical intentions. Gregory Uzelac (b. 1990) is an artist, writer, and academic from New York City currently living and working on the lands of the Eora Nation (Sydney, Australia). Uzelac’s work draws inspiration from the cultural hybridization of migration, mass media, and myth. Uzelac completed a Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University in 2013, focusing on screenwriting while studying postcolonial theory and religion and mythology from the Middle East and South Asia. In 2022 he completed a Master of Fine Arts by Research at Sydney University with his thesis, Harnessing the Myths of Now: Restoring Social Harmony Through Mythic Art. Enmeshed with his art practice, Uzelac currently lectures in the fields of religious studies and Jewish studies, specialising in expressions of national, communal, and identitarian myth in the internet era. His work is interdisciplinary, sampling and reworking both narratives and materials - particularly paper - to create codexes, fetishes, and ornaments that tell stories relevant to our times.

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