photo: Kara MiaI make work with a deeply emotional use of color that resonates with expression and profound feeling.
I focus on representational paintings, often sourced from my own photography of New York City, upstate New York, and my travels.
Evocative, simple compositions are how I archive the human experience through soulful portraiture and landscapes.
My fine artwork is rooted in my personal lived moments, playing with ideas of vulnerability and weird beauty. I hope it encourages introspection and community.
I draw a lot of inspiration from processing my own emotional journey, focusing on celebrating light, shadows, and colors.
MY surroundings in New York,
and wherever I go, intertwine with my interests in social justice and mental health.
RISING
Making art is a process that affects my quality of life. I get to meander visually on abundance, harmony, isolation, and spiritual connection.
Everyday Wonder
My artwork tends toward autobiographical narrations of pivotal and quiet moments in my life, connecting me with an understanding of my feelings, and fleeting presence.
Nature and Spirit
I make a lot of self portraits examining my identification with nature. I depict symbols of spirituality, stamina, strength, nurturing, and levity through images of myself, trees and places.
Justice IS KEY
I explicitly use art as a call to action and advocacy for community, with gratitude (and some intensity). My values inform my expression.
I respectfully acknowledge the Lenape and Haudenosaunee people and all traditional owners of the territories where I walk, live, and create. I pay my respects to all First Nations elders past, present, and emerging.
My work reveals a play between community and isolation, personal identity as I’m navigating feelings about where I belong.
My values weave into my work. As a grandchild of Nazi holocaust survivors and daughter of an immigrant, I remain in solidarity with people, and carry a deep moral responsibility to denounce fascism and genocide.
I’m passionate about human rights and social justice. I stand against the exterminations in Gaza, Congo, Sudan, and Yemen. I harmonize with resistance to oppression.
My creative practice is an act of imagination and defiance, making autobiographical art as a process of healing and a as a mirror to our times.
My practice is dedicated to:Mutual AidAbolitionDecolonizationGlobal LiberationIntersectionality