Johannah Silva, Painting
In the last few years, I have been making work using the circular shape/form as a starting point for my paintings and drawings. The circles allude to micro as well as macro forms -- cells and atoms as well as planetary bodies, for example. My working process involves the repetition and placement of these shapes and marks on the painting surface, in consideration with formal elements such as color and space, to arrive at surprising and discovered compositions that follow an internal logic.
I am interested in theories and/or imagery derived from physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy and geology, and in philosophical and spiritual notions regarding concepts of space and time, being and nothingness, internal mind and exterior reality.
Bio
Johannah Silva is a Chicago-based artist and art educator. She received her MFA in Painting from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and currently teaches in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Wilbur Wright College.
Contact Information
Johannah Silva, #206B
www.johannahsilva.com
johannahsilva@yahoo.com
