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artist statement

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madeline mace’s work explores the tension between safety and danger, control and surrender, softness and power. she returns to the domestic sphere with its rituals, repetitions, and expectations as both a site of memory and quiet resistance. using materials tied to femininity, she reworks them through endurance. crochet and embroidery become tools for reclaiming agency within spaces that once felt confining.

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the color pink has become central to her process. for years she rejected it, seeing it as a symbol of weakness and submission. through this ongoing work, she now sees pink as both a wound and a form of healing. mace's practice moves slowly, like memory, and lives between grief and reconciliation. she works to untangle what she has inherited and what she chooses to keep. each stitch is a soft act of power, persistent and deliberate.

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