ARTIST BIO

Elyse’ Jokinen is visual artist working primarily in analog collage. She is the founder and passionate facilitator of the online platform Wilder Collage. Elyse' has been carrying around a bin of paper for the past two decades and was in awe when she plugged in to the global collage community online. Elyse' has made it her mission to share the magic of collage art through the work she creates and shares and through the connection, education, inspiration and visibility of Wilder Collage.

Elyse's work has been collected in over four counties and she's been featured with Collé, PxP Contemporary, Visionary Art Collective and many more.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Over the past decade, my life and travels have led me to several places around the world. New locations, people, and moments. In many ways, creating collage brings me the much-needed feeling of home.

I begin each piece with a bit of spontaneity, just like my early journey. Then, I deconstruct the found material to depict the twists, turns, ups, and downs. Like wandering, some pieces are precisely chosen while others end up in my hand by total happenstance.

Finally, I begin to combine the fragments into memories, stories, and desires.

The paste holds these down in a way that I’m unable to and makes each collage feel whole.

Phoenix, AZ / United States