About the Artist:

Casey Orsini has her Visual Arts Bachelor’s Degree and her Master’s in Art Therapy and Counseling. Casey studied film photography and studio painting in her undergrad to then explore psychology and art in her Master’s. When forging her career path, she wanted to build a bridge between her artistic self and her desire to help others. She has used art as an intervention to heal and grow in children’s trauma centers and has worked with adults with intellectual disabilities and Autism in a studio art space. Having autism herself, Casey uses sensory often in her pieces, wanting to show the audience just how heightened it is in her daily life.

Artist Statement:

Sensory and stimulation are a part of my every day life with autism spectrum disorder. I am constantly faced with the obstacles of texture, like texture of clothes on my body, textures of food, even noise feels like texture. I turn to art to be able to find space to enjoy textures, get obsessed and lost in it. On a day to day, ASD can feel challenging; but when creating, this feels like a beautiful reality in which it’s my superpower.