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Artist Exhibitions:
Art Galleries:
Phuture Art Gallery
1342 West Madison Ave
Chicago, IL.
Lucid artists Gallery Sept.
2005 to Present
Lake Point Towers Chicago, IL.
Skokie Art Show July 9 & 10
2005
Art works Gallery Surprise,
Az. AUG.2005 to NOV.
Presentation of my art works
in Paris, France
Serbian & Montenegrian
Cultural ...
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Artist Statement for Layla Simic
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ARTIST STATEMENT:
My art had its beginning in spontaneous pen doodles that I would draw in free moments. Eventually all of my notebooks and schoolbooks were filled with it.
I started college not really knowing what I wanted to do but I had a feeling that there was a creative vein inside of me waiting to be tapped.
Around the same time, I began to be deeply interested in forms of spiritual self-discovery. Through my readings I uncovered an affinity with the Celtic world view. I believe that most pre-Christian European peoples have had similar esoteric perspectives centering around cyclical cosmic patterns. I found that a deep respect for nature and all lifecycles is mirrored in the organic forms of Celtic art. I realized that in a sense the shapes I was producing echoed those forms.
My mother has a degree in fine arts and we had canvasses and oils around the house. I produced my first painting again spontaneously, a series of intricate shapes and biomorphic forms. I sketched almost constantly since that time, a period of about a decade.
My current body of work was produced beginning in 2002, through the medium of colored pencil and paper. I work in my studio with the aid of film playing in the background. This produces a meditative state out of which shapes flow organically when I put pen to paper. Once the initial sketch is completed I choose the colors according to my mood and work them in until a fluid smoothness is achieved.
My work has been compared most closely with musical composition rather than narrative. In a sense that is true. My inspiration comes from a deep dream state where I am able to contact the source of creativity, the inspiration behind all that is manifested in the world, that is the Great All.
BIOGRAPGHY:
I was born in Chicago, Il. in early October of 1967.
I graduated Columbia College with a Bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts in 1993; it was here that I took my first art classes.
I began to pursue a Master's degree in Art Therapy in conjuction with painting classes at UIC under the supervision of Phyllis Bramson.
It was then that I decided to pursue a hobby of art, but not a career until August 2002.
Art Galleries:
Phuture Art Gallery
1342 West Madison Ave
Chicago, IL.
Lucid artists Gallery Sept. 2005 to Present
Lake Point Towers Chicago, IL.
Skokie Art Show July 9 & 10 2005
Art works Gallery Surprise, Az. AUG.2005 to NOV.
Presentation of my art works in Paris, France
Serbian & Montenegrian Cultural Center
Pompideu Square
Arizona Art Works
Surprise, Az. Aug - Dec. 2004
Big City Swing Dec. 12, 2003
Chicago, IL. Duo Art Show
High Risk Gallery July I - 27, 2O03 Group Show
Chicago, IL.
St Sava Serbian Club May 24 2OO3 to Dec 2004 Chicago, IL.
La Grange Art League Gallery March to July 2OO3
La Grange, IL.
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