Bio: What an artist to start the New Year with!
Zaria Forman grew up in Piermont, New York, half an hour north of New York City. She went to Green Meadow Waldorf school from 6th grade through high school which she describes as a very small school with an alternative approach to education, in which art is greatly infused.
Zaria Forman grew up in Piermont, New York, half an hour north of New York City. She went to Green Meadow Waldorf school from 6th grade through high school which she describes as a very small school with an alternative approach to education, in which art is greatly infused.
She received her Bachelor of Science in Studio Arts in
2005, at Skidmore College, Saratoga. Since then her work has received a lot of attention in
the art world with many articles and critiques in the press; and solo and group shows nation-wide; and a presence in museum and private
collections. She has had solo exhibitions the Case
Gallery, Saratoga Springs in 2005; Bunburry’s Art
Gallery, Piermont, NY and
the Allen Sheppard Gallery, NY in 2006; and her 2008 exhibitions Arctic Light: Recent Drawings, in the
Allen Sheppard Gallery, NY.
She
is currently represented by DFN Gallery in New York, the David Floria Gallery
in Aspen, Colorado and the Winston Wachter Gallery in Seattle, Washington State.
Forman
states that the inspiration for her drawings began in early childhood when she
traveled with her family throughout some of the world's most remote
landscapes, which were the subject of her mother's fine art photography.
Her
mother, Rena Bass Forman, dedicated her life to photographing the most remote
regions of the earth. The cold and isolated landscape of the Arctic consumed
her interest for over ten years. Her work from her Arctic trips have been
compared to 19th century photographers John L. Dunmore and George Critcherson
who were on American painter William Bradford’s 1869 expedition. In August 2012
Zaria Forman led Chasing the Light, an art expedition sailing up the
northwest coast of Greenland, retracing Bradford’s 1869 journey and
artistically documenting the rapidly changing arctic landscape.
In
addition to exhibitions, recent projects of Forman’s include a series of set
design drawings for the ballet Giselle, which premiered in October 2012 at
the Grand Theatre of Geneva, Switzerland (see the Giselle page) Ten
of her drawings were also used in the set design for House of Cards, a
Netflix TV series directed by David Fincher and starring Kevin Spacey.
Continuing to address climate
change in her work, Forman spent September 2013 in the Maldives, the
lowest-lying country in the world, and almost certainly the most vulnerable to
rising sea levels.
Medium:
Pastel
Subjects: Landscape; seascape.
“With my Greenland and
Svalbard series, I attempt to capture the ephemeral properties of arctic light.
I am interested in the element of water and how it absorbs and reflects the
light in its various forms. The forms that we easily recognize are ice, water,
cloud, and fog; these are essential elements that inspire my compositions. I am
also interested in the transition between these states and enjoy the challenge
of translating such sublime experiences into my work. The different forms of
illuminated water give rise to the dreamy, atmospheric scenes that I hope will
transport the viewer to this remote region of the earth... Perhaps if people can experience these sublime landscapes,
they will be inspired to protect and preserve them.”
Style: Realistic. “When
I travel, I take thousands of photographs and make small sketches. Once I am
back in the studio, I draw from my memory of the experience, as well as the
photographs to create large scale compositions. I add layers of color onto the
paper, smudging everything with my fingers and hand.”
Navigation: This website
is easy to navigate. Main menu remains available on top of page.
Gallery: Drawings: The Maldives; Greenland 2012; Giselle; Nosara; Svalbard;
Israel; Thompson Lake; Greenland 2006; Storms.
Image View: Images open in a viewer; you may scroll through. Download is not
possible. Information on the images is provided - and the paintings are impressively large. Greenland #63 is 50 x 75 ins (127 x 90 cm)
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Quedo prendado de lo que veo, IMPRESIONANTE, una autentica MARAVILLA.
ReplyDeleteMi enhorabuena. FELICIDADES.
I too am remain fascinated by the dimensions and impact of this work. Gracias, Eusebio.
DeleteAbsolutey marvelous
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