Personal Information

Full Name

Arabella Champaq

Artist Bio

I grew up when playing meant, playing with Barbie. I still Play Barbie, although now, it is called art.

I don’t particularly think of myself as an artist: Artists are more creative than me. I just copy scenes from life. Artists go to school and study art. I’ve had no training. Artists may spend hours in a museum, studying one piece. I go to the gift shop.

No, I am not an artist. I simply suffer obsessions. I see what is possible, and then I must make it.

I was born in 1954, and grew up in Kansas. This will be the first public showing of my work.

Artist Statement

Breasts. Large, ample, huge breasts. Tiny waist. Girl next door smile. Ponytail. Legs up to there, which is, in effect, nowhere. “Barbie doesn’t have a woo-woo!” I exclaimed to my mother. “She has one,” Mommy said patiently, “She has it hidden away until she marries Ken.”

Innocence/ Sexiness. Power/ Surrender. Freedom/ Restraints. These dichotomous themes emerge in this covert glimpse into Barbie’s World.

I work with left-overs, remnants, recycled, and upcycled materials, just as I did when I was a child, sewing sexy little outfits for Barbie to wear on her dates with Ken.

History

Member for

15 years 9 months