“I am learning to see. I don't know why it is, but everything enters me more deeply and doesn't stop where it once used to. I have an interior that I never knew of…”
-Rainer Maria Rilke
-Rainer Maria Rilke
Artist Statement
My creative impulses stem from the need to explore the vast spectrum of what it means to be human,—focusing on the elemental, instinctive, and essential facets of existence that unite us.
The wonder of the natural world influences and inspires this process by reminding me that we are all "a part of." The work's content ranges from the astral to the anatomical - refracted light, abstracted sky-scapes, symbols, and animal totems are all sources of inspiration. The context of all this imagery is inquiry—a striving to translate the universal experience into color and form.
Our search for beauty originates from our desire to live, to not only survive but thrive. I have spent the last decade exploring the intersections of different mediums in search of the visceral's visual voice—the impulses and intuitions of the body a road map for this inquiry.
My base chosen mediums are acrylic, watercolor, and tempera. Their interaction creates a living and flowing effect. This sense of movement and pulse in the work resonates like a heartbeat.
I have most recently explored painting as a ritual. Using tempera paint and moving from the internal sensations of the body excavates raw experience onto the canvas. My body becomes the painting tool, bypassing the intellectual and cerebral processes. This intuitive process reveals imagery from an internal landscape that then translates to the world of symbols.
My creative impulses stem from the need to explore the vast spectrum of what it means to be human,—focusing on the elemental, instinctive, and essential facets of existence that unite us.
The wonder of the natural world influences and inspires this process by reminding me that we are all "a part of." The work's content ranges from the astral to the anatomical - refracted light, abstracted sky-scapes, symbols, and animal totems are all sources of inspiration. The context of all this imagery is inquiry—a striving to translate the universal experience into color and form.
Our search for beauty originates from our desire to live, to not only survive but thrive. I have spent the last decade exploring the intersections of different mediums in search of the visceral's visual voice—the impulses and intuitions of the body a road map for this inquiry.
My base chosen mediums are acrylic, watercolor, and tempera. Their interaction creates a living and flowing effect. This sense of movement and pulse in the work resonates like a heartbeat.
I have most recently explored painting as a ritual. Using tempera paint and moving from the internal sensations of the body excavates raw experience onto the canvas. My body becomes the painting tool, bypassing the intellectual and cerebral processes. This intuitive process reveals imagery from an internal landscape that then translates to the world of symbols.
Aritst CV
Performance Art
2019-2018
“Last Life” Edinburgh Fringe Festival, UK
Loft 29, NYC
2016
“In or Out” The Box Collective, NYC
2015
“The Stadt Elegies” Galleria Carte Scoperte, Milan
Galleria Antonio Battaglia, Milan
Magazzino de Sale 5, Venice
Fondamenta delle zattere ai salon 262, Venice
“Swan Song” Climate Change Theater Action, NYC
2014
“Wild Horses” Guild Hall, Hamptons, NY
2012
“Sometimes at Night” Actors Space Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibitions
2019
LIC Arts Open at The Factory - Fall Salon, NYC
Bibliography
“Last Life” The Skinny - Chris Dobson
Fringe Review - Tim Marriott
“Stadt Elegies” Vienna.AT - Silvias Montagskolumne
“Wild Horses” Sag Harbor Express - Kathryn G. Menu
Performance Art
2019-2018
“Last Life” Edinburgh Fringe Festival, UK
Loft 29, NYC
2016
“In or Out” The Box Collective, NYC
2015
“The Stadt Elegies” Galleria Carte Scoperte, Milan
Galleria Antonio Battaglia, Milan
Magazzino de Sale 5, Venice
Fondamenta delle zattere ai salon 262, Venice
“Swan Song” Climate Change Theater Action, NYC
2014
“Wild Horses” Guild Hall, Hamptons, NY
2012
“Sometimes at Night” Actors Space Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibitions
2019
LIC Arts Open at The Factory - Fall Salon, NYC
Bibliography
“Last Life” The Skinny - Chris Dobson
Fringe Review - Tim Marriott
“Stadt Elegies” Vienna.AT - Silvias Montagskolumne
“Wild Horses” Sag Harbor Express - Kathryn G. Menu
