Shop Rachna Rajen will earn her BA from the University of Pittsburgh in Studio Arts and the History of Art and Architecture in December 2010. Her artwork primarily consists of abstract painting and drawing.
Much of her work uses the concept of stream of consciousness and explores surrealism within the context of the post-modern era.
Her influences derive from various aspects of modern life, particularly electronic music and the experiences of being a refugee of the 1990 Gulf War, in terms of using art as a release or channel when dealing with and adjusting to life's circumstances.
She has participated in group exhibitions at Modern Formations Gallery, 707 Gallery and the Spinning Plate in Pittsburgh and has an upcoming solo exhibit at Artspace 105 in November. She is currently focusing on printmaking and drawing.
Artist Statement:
My work is mostly abstract drawing and painting, primarily using watercolor, pencil and ink, and can be split into two distinctive categories: patterns and landscapes. The pattern style of artwork is influenced by my Indian background, specifically deriving from textiles. I feel the textile and pattern motifs that arise in my work are due to the meditative quality of repetitive marks. I use repetitive mark-marking as a means of communicating a higher ideal that is transcendence through the creative process.
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