Kim Rask and Missy Douglas
Seattle, Washington
Biography
Founded in 2011, uckiood is the studio of married Swedish-American and British artists, Kim Rask and Missy Douglas. Kim is an alumnus of the University of Washington, while Missy holds an M.A., and Ph.D in History of Art from the University of Cambridge, UK.
With initial studios in Brussels, Belgium and New York City, they immediately made a profound impact with their striking, bold - and often divisive - portfolio. Now based in Seattle, they work primarily in mixed-media sculpture.
They have exhibited across the US and Europe in both solo and group shows, and have secured public art placement. Their award-nominated work is held in high-profile, private collections across the world and has been featured in major news and culture/lifestyle publications such as BBC World News & Radio, The Independent (UK), Vogue (NL), The Stranger, Athens Voice, designboom, My Modern Met and Psychology Today, as well as being the subject of a 2018 webMD documentary. They are currently represented by, and on the roster of International Artists at, Frangipani Art (India).
Artist’s Work
2:365, Day 242 White Wave
I'Mperfect, Spike (detail)
Odd Jelly Out: Introversion
I'Mperfect, Zippy
I'mperfect, Spike
Sectioned
Building a Forest
Kim and Missy’s Tree Concept
B(L)OOM!
Compressed into a single explosive moment, B(L)OOM! represents the unfurling and growth of a nascent sapling tree. This sculpture stands at around 8ft tall and is composed of a hand-cast fiberglass shell fitted with internal LEDs, and encased in a highly colored, highly textured, tinted resin and stained-glass exterior.
B(L)OOM! reimagines the rotund, smiling humanoid forms - and indeed repurposes the base materials - of Kim and Missy’s Odd Jelly Out sculpture series of 2017-19. An invisible blast to the torso’s technicolor bubbles and brickwork forces OJO’s body into a state of dynamic torsion. Feet swivel, arms are flung open, and the neck of the OJO shoots upwards into space. An elongated trunk of twisting leaves and organic forms spirals upwards, eventually bursting into a crown of budding OJO heads which erupt with flowers, succulents and other delights.
B(L)OOM! is a fantastical and quirky piece of maximalist sculpture which speaks of extraordinary regeneration and transports the viewer – via the duo’s customary use of vibrant colors, bold shapes, manipulated scale, shimmering light and delicious textures – into a space of childlike wonder and playful whimsy.
