
March 1 - April 7, 2010
Slutzky Art Gallery, Merage Jewish Community Center of Orange County
1 Federation Way, Suite 200 Irvine, CA 92603
Opening Reception: Sunday, March 2 - 5 p.m.
I grew up as a laborer for my family in the Los Angeles apparel industry. This seems to be the thread that flows through the story in my work. Materials from the garment manufacturing trade and what I consider genetic dreams have all crept into my art to create a type of personal redemption.
In recent years, I have been using pattern shapes to create Hebrew texts as a way of connecting to a source of returning home. I scrape together what bits of knowledge and memory I have of my roots and cultural heritage, as I missed out on some of this as a child and my childhood in general because of having to work at such a young age. For this reason, I tend to revisit childhood and childlike ideals and try to transform these severed connections into visionary works of art.
Lately I have been obsessed with my Mitochondrial DNA inheritance (the female line of my genealogy), and believe there is a genetic calling to my faith which is intertwined with my personality, my curiosity, my duty, sense of humor, tenacity, etc. I actually believe my crazy, female ancestors prop me up and guide me towards what is right and true. At times, they guide my hand in art, and sit with me in silent moments. There is also a meditation that takes place in the repetitive motions of cutting patterns, sewing, and marking garments in the manufacturing trade that is not dissimilar to prayer. I use these same techniques in my art making to this day and it brings me closer to my family, and in many ways, closer to G-d.
For more about the artist visit: www.esart.com








Exhibit curator Art Hazelwood says that "some of the artists in this exhibition personally experienced homelessness and poverty, some worked directly with organizations to combat poverty, but all of them felt that art could be used to focus attention on homelessness. The idea that art can have a function in society by engaging in a struggle for a better world, and that everyone should take an interest in the well-being of less fortunate people are the twin beliefs of the artists in this show."









