Nicole Javorsky

Lives and works in New York City, NY, USA

Artist statement

My art expresses the intricacies of being alive. Consciousness is full of interrelated opposites such as darkness and light, change and constancy, stillness and movement. This concept of duality is core to my paintings, drawings, and mixed media works. My work explores the intersections between healing from trauma, existential questions, and a mystical connection to the natural world. As a survivor of sexual abuse, I struggled to keep myself alive during my teenage years and early adulthood. My artwork reflects my own story, healing process, and grief as well as my observations from nature, research, and everyday life. Each artwork can stand alone to depict a certain layer or aspect of the human experience, but I also continually group and connect them like fluctuating puzzle pieces building my ever-growing picture of existence. I use texture, color, line, and medium choices as well as abstraction, realism, and text to represent different slices of human perception. Though many of my artworks are abstract or semi-abstract, I view abstraction as a spectrum rather than a singular category. Making art in-between abstract and figurative corresponds to how I sense the world around me. What does it look like to paint my experience of listening? What does it look like to paint my experience of a sunset? Realistic visuals can lie at the forefront, way in the background to the point of abstraction, or somewhere in-between. Additionally, how does this experience shift based on...

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