Blurring edges between music,visual and conceptual art,Ski Houston,a self-taught multi-disciplinary artist,was raised in the Lil Ol’ State of Texas after having been born there at a young age.
Themes of spirituality and materialism,media theory and landscapes find forms in various configurations amongst the changing nature of geographic and cultural identity.
Experimentation and cultural cross-pollination permeate vibrant visual works, as seen in A Taxonomy Of The Texas Loong and Architecture O’ Inner Lives series.Influences ranging from Underground Hip-Hop to Eastern Mysticism, New Media to Americana and Dadaist Absurdism find their way through a unique filter.
Movements In A Still Life—a collection of objects set to a variety of original music approaches spiritual and material topics from a different angle.Perhaps it’s a comment on the relationship between art and consumer products.Or a pointing out that we imbue our surroundings with association and meaning of our own making.Or maybe a reflection of the ecstatic in that which we too often view as mundane and uninspiring.