Artist’s Statement
Altering books allows me to elicit a further message from the printed page, amplifying the initial narrative created by the author. I merge my own impressions to provoke viewers with an added dimension while they regard the original literary work.
My creative process includes a variety of techniques including folding, cutting, carving, paper-casting, deconstruction, assemblage and more. The process for each individual artwork is informed by the book used and the desired theme of the finished piece, connecting the final outcome with its curated book.
Maggie Lina Kerrigan
Press and Awards
Selected Press:
Bold Journey interview, December 2025
WHRO article about pieces in the Small Works show at Charles Taylor, November 2024
WTKR News Feature on The Feather Project, November 2022
Fatal Flaw Literary Magazine, TIME issue, November 2021
Virginian Pilot, Mysterious Book Sculptures, Feb. 2015, Nov. 2015 and May 2016
Virginian Pilot, Plein Air Classes, Sept. 2011
Selected Awards:
Merit Award, Artfields, Lake City SC, for “Their Tender Hearts” April 2022
Best in Show, Imagine, Virginia Beach Art Center for “Infinity of Imagination” March 2019
Second Place, Sheets (national), D’Art Center for “Empires Fall” June 2019
Second Place & People’s Choice, Art Speaks (state-wide), Bay School Community Arts Center for “Something’s Crabbing My Toe” April 2019