GRACE MEINDL

I Am You and You Are Me
two Doors
Worth Ryder Art Gallery, 2025

i am you and you are me, 2025.
Oil on medium density fiberboard, mixed wood, satin. diptych: 70" x 24" x 9".

I am you and you are me enacts a quiet drama between the Jungian archetypes of shadow and persona, examining the psychological dualities that shape human consciousness. The work positions the horse as both a vessel and mirror for collective identity, drawing upon its enduring presence within mythology and history. The installation references theatrical space - its curtains, staging, and symbolic performance - to critique the fatigue and avoidance characterizing contemporary social and political life. It insists upon the necessity of 'drawing back the curtains' on humanity's shadow and contradictions. I Am You and You Are Me offers not resolution, but reflection: an acknowledgement that shadow and persona are not opposing forces, but are inseparable parts of the same whole.

ABOUT

Grace Meindl is a multidisciplinary artist from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Working primarily in painting, alongside ceramics and sculpture, she investigates the intersections between material and psychological landscapes. Her work is influenced by the mythic and natural textures of the American Southwest as well as Jungian theories of the psyche, and explores the dialogue between the natural world and the unconscious mind. She is a recent graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where she received a B.A. in Art Practice with a minor in Gender and Women's Studies.