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Collage of five diverse artworks from the Hammer Museum Collections side by side. From left to right: 1) Contemporary painting of two embracing figures with surreal elements. 2) Post-impressionist style painting of trees with vibrant blues and greens. 3) Black and white illustration of a face with intricate patterns. 4) Japanese woodblock print style image of a figure in a checkered robe. 5) Photograph of a couple dancing, the woman in a black dress and the man in white

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Emily Mast

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Born 1976 in Cleveland, Ohio

Working between the genres of visual and performing arts, Emily Mast upends the practices and styles of theatrical staging in an effort to unsettle the expectations of the viewer. In her performance based works, Mast muddles conventional ways of delivering information through innovative methods of casting actors and reinterpreting language to examine the varying paths of communication.

Mast’s performances B!RDBRA!N (2012), Offending the Audience (2011), and Six Twelve One by One (2013) feature a sign-language interpreter, children, and pregnant women, respectively, inhabiting roles that challenge preconceived notions. Through her performance work, Mast joins a lineage of art making—including artists from Guy de Cointet to Catherine Sullivan—that avoids disciplinary boundaries in order to renegotiate the expectations of exhibition and display.