Bree Banducci Feng: A Past of Plank and Nail
February 7th – April 5th
Reception: February 7th, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Bree Banducci Feng’s A Past of Plank and Nail marks the artist's first gallery presentation. Featuring new paintings, drawings, and sculptures that explore the complex interplay between the physical and emotional structures we inhabit. Rooted in her architectural background and engagement with materiality, Feng’s work bridges the tangible and the intangible, questioning the boundaries between outward environments and inward experiences.
In Feng’s work, textiles become medium, object, and metaphor, exploring how everyday items of comfort and utility evoke feelings of protection, emotion, and memory—similar to a building's facade or the human body. Like architecture, fabric carries a sense of weight and history, invoking the artist’s childhood surrounded by fabrics and textures, connecting her to her seamstress mother.
Feng's paintings are sculptural, capturing fleeting moments through a dynamic interplay of tension and release enforced by color and texture. Often depicted in motion or with energetic draping, highly rendered fabric becomes a frozen snapshot in time, embodying a fragile yet protective shield. In Feng's drawings, the human body transforms into an architectural space where form and dynamism are explored through sharp and fragmented brush strokes, further reinforcing the connection between physical and emotional states. With A Past of Plank and Nail, Feng offers an intimate exploration of the intersections between fabric, architecture, memory, and emotion.
Bree Banducci Feng (b. 1997) lives and works in Bakersfield, CA. In 2020, she received a Bachelor of Architecture with a minor in Italian Studies from California Polytechnic State University. After studying abroad in Florence, Italy, she became fascinated with the intersection of architecture and art. Bree currently works at Cater Design Group, creating impactful and purposeful buildings while applying her experiences within the built environment to her art. She primarily works with oil paintings and textiles.
