ARTIST STATEMENT
I am compelled to follow ideas that arise, be it family and ancestors, nature, objects that trigger memories…all in layers upon layers of visuals that eventually reveal a core nature. Visible-invisible like an onion that often makes us cry, visual and written art can also evoke these emotions. Materials can guide my creative process transport me through creativity.
Many interactions are currently digging into the deep layers of life, not necessarily to unveil these layers but to understand the complexity of who I am, who we are.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Pauline Kochanski a graduate of Columbia College Chicago and DePaul University.
A multi-disciplinary artist Pauline is also an independent curator, published writer, teacher and meditator, an award recipient, and exhibiting visual artist. She has exhibited in invitational shows in the Chicago area, nationally and internationally. Ms. Kochanski is a curator of numerous exhibitions at locations including O’Hare Airport, the Chicago Cultural Center and Oliva Gallery among others. She has had poems published in multiple anthologies, Illinois Arts Council Grants and awards for her writing and her art.
© Pauline Kochanski