GREENWICH ART SOCIETY 103rd ANNUAL JURIED SHOW

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Oct. 2020

Juror: Geaninne Gutiérrez-Guimarães, Associate Curator, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao & NYC

BRAIDED (image and narrative below) is juried into this exhibit

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BRAIDED is based on the South Indian traditional art form, Kolam and is from my Kolam/Connections Series. A daily pre-dawn ritual of women drawn at thresholds of homes in South India, these are math-based geometric line compositions drawn (with rice flour) on a grid of dots. There are various theories about the significance of kolams - a welcoming feature, an ode to Mother Earth, to ward off evil, a symbolic “charity begins at home” gesture as ants, bugs and birds feed on the rice flour, etc. To me, it’s a reminder that we humans are all “connected” in so many ways, in joy, in pain, in healing. Sharing my culture and symbolizing that we are all braided together and are part of one race - the human race.

RECENT AWARDS

New Rochelle Art Association (NY) 105th Juried Show Award in acrylic/oil category, 2020

Curator's Best-in-Show, InsideSmall (NJ) for abstract "Finding Chartruese in Gray Skies" 2019

Stamford Art Association (CT) Award for oil painting "Fall for Marshlands" 2018

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