Home altar, 22” x 30” | 56 cm x 76 cm, mixed media (ink, watercolor, origami paper, acrylic, dress pattern, glue, on paper), 2022Core Escalation, 22” x 30” | 56 cm x 76 cm, mixed media (ink, watercolor, origami paper, acrylic, dress pattern, glue, on paper), 2022Angelic Compass, 22” x 30” | 56 cm x 76 cm, mixed media (ink, watercolor, origami paper, giclee, acrylic, dress pattern, glue, on paper), 2023Owl Temple, 22” x 30” | 56 cm x 76 cm, mixed media (ink, watercolor, origami paper, giclee, acrylic, dress pattern, glue, on paper), 2023Amasya Heart and Bones, 22” x 30” | 56 cm x 76 cm, mixed media (ink, watercolor, origami paper, vintage postcard, acrylic, dress pattern, glue, on paper), 2023Prayer for Mountains, 22” x 30” | 56 cm x 76 cm, mixed media (ink, watercolor, origami paper, giclee prints, acrylic, dress pattern, glue, on paper), 2023Sun Goddess, 15” x 18” | 38 cm x 46 cm, mixed media (ink, watercolor, origami paper, acrylic, dress pattern, glue, on paper), 2022. available through Atamian Hovsepian artPious Pistons, 15” x 18” | 38 cm x 46 cm, mixed media (ink, watercolor, origami paper, acrylic, dress pattern, glue, on paper), 2022. available through Atamian Hovsepian art
Statement: These mixed media paintings are first sketched through the playful misuse of found objects as stencils, along with conventional drafting stencils. I work intuitively to define a structure that hovers between architecture, altars, totems, diagrams—which I then fill in with collage elements like dress patterns and textured metallic papers. This work, connected to a recent body of sculptures, is an act of mourning the loss of my Yaya, a devout woman and extremely talented seamstress. I was inspired by the Eastern Orthodox aesthetics which I grew up with, seen in the metallic textures and ornamental and patterning details. There is also an echo of medieval manuscripts in color and line though here it is reinvented and transformed into a futuristic landscape.
