Location: United States
ARTIST STATEMENT 2019
:FRAGMENTZ:
REDEFINING THE THOUGHT PROCESS
:AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF PERCEPTION:
THIS BODY OF WORK, CREATED BETWEEN 2014-2018 EXPLORES THE WAY PEOPLE PERCEIVE IMAGES.
USING ELEMENTS FROM MY ON GOING SERIES OF PHOTGRAPHY, INFLUENCED BY NATURE AND TECHNOLOGY, I EDIT AND MANIPULATE THE IMAGES AND THEN ASSEMBLE THEM INTO VISUAL LANDSCAPES, CREATING DEPTH WITHOUT PERSPECTIVE, CREATING WORLDS TO GET LOST IN.
MY INSPIRATION IS FROM ARABIC AND ASIAN CULTURES.
I EXPLORE LANDSCAPES, FLORALS AND THE WORLD AROUND ME.
IMAGES ARE LAYERED, CREATING AN ETHEREAL EFFECT.
THE “WRITINGS” ARE DONE AS AUTOMATIC WRITINGS,
DESIGNED AS AN ENIGMA.
THEREFORE MAKING THE STORY “YOUR OWN”.
COLOR PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN MY STORYTELLING AND INTERACTING WITH THE VIEWER.
I HAVE TAKEN ELEMENTS FROM MY DIGITAL COLLAGES AND PHOTOGRAPHY AND REWORKED THEM INTO GRAPHIC SHAPES, WHICH CAN THEN BE DIGITALLY PRINTED ONTO VARIOUS SUBSTRATES. I.E: WALLPAPERS, FABRICS, TILES OR STAND ALONE PRINTS.
:MY WORK IS DESIGNED TO AWAKEN IN YOUR MIND, A PIECE OF A DREAM REMEMBERED, A THOUGHT PASSING THROUGH, A QUICK TURN OF YOUR HEAD, A MEMORY LOST OR A CONVERSATION ONCE HAD.
:THEY ARE FRAGMENTZ OF A MOMENT IN TIME:
::VARIOUS SIZING IS AVAILABLE ON ALL DIGITAL PRINTS::
PRINTS UP TO 16X23 AND 17X22 ARE PRINTED IN HOUSE
:ALL IMAGES ARE PRINTED ON MOAB-SLICKROCK CRYSTALIZED OR MOAB-ENTRADA BRIGHT PAPERS:
:CONTACT INFO
:selected shows and commissions:
THE ART OF SHOPPING- benifit for the palm springs art museum
PRIVATE INSTALLATION-CHICAGO
PRIVATE TILE-WEALLPAPER INSTALLATION-L.A.
GALLERY525-ESSENTIAL TERRAIN-2016
BREWERY ART WALK-los angeles-open studios-2015
GALLERY525-ojai,ca-RECENT WORK+
GALLERY 670: BREWERY ART WALK L.A
honorable mention-ARTVITA juried show
GALLERY525-ojai, ca
PARKLANE GALLERY-REDMOND,WA
MILLS POND HOUSE GALLERY-st. james, n.y.
PACIFIC ART LEAGUE-palo alto, ca.
BONNET HOUSE-ft.lauderdale, fl.
BASS MUSEUM-miami beach, fl.
THE 166 RANCH-marfa, tx.
FEELING FRAMOUS GALLERY-studio city, ca.
:4 self-published books:
“GHOST NATION-WESTWORLD”
“SHOGUN WORLD-WESTWORLD“
“THE HAPPY ADVENTURES OF SONNY ANGEL”
“THE GREAT NORTHWEST ADVENTURE”
this series explores the relationship to story telling and the world around. it is a personal journey for the viewer.
“1b.bruce_samia.landscape#2-cave-drawings-16X23-”
this is a part of my ongoing series exploring digital imagery and the world around me.
“9. bruce_samia chinatown 2moons © 16x23 (2013) ed.50”
this is a part of my ngoing series exploring digial imagery and the world around me
“9.GETTY BOI-collage-scan-print-17x22”
in this series, i create paper collages which are scanned and re-manipulated digitally. images are printed in house on MOAB entrada bright papers.
“12.WOMEN-BIRD-collage-scan-print-17x22”
in this series, i create paper collages which are scanned and re-manipulated digitally. images are printed in house on MOAB entrada bright papers.
“1.6.bruce_samia danté collage.2 © 16x23-theGATEofHELL ed.20”
this is a series of 5 digital collages using plates from the Gustave Doré edition ofr Dantés Inferno. they are scanned and digitally manipulated.
