Proof of Life
ROY presents: Kim Rohrs
Fri, Oct 9, 2020 - 6:00 PM
Sat, Nov 7, 2020 - 4:00 PM
My work shines a light on the minute— yet necessary— pieces that create life and experience. How each day, one at a time, adds up to a lifetime. How individual cells, when working together allow a body to function creating the opportunity for consciousness. How the repetitive flow of water, or wind, or animals create the natural landscape of our planet. This background of life is constantly moving, changing and regenerating in order for growth and consciousness to continue. I am amazed time and time again at the ability of many small parts working together to make something significant. I use a simple cellular form to represent these small parts in my paintings. These forms flow like currents, intersect and move together to contribute to something larger than themselves.
My most recent work is focused on time. More specifically, using the cellular form as a measurement of time. I count each cellular shape I paint, one cell for one day, until the painting is a visual record of years. In this way, my paintings become a meditation on the accumulation of time.
Artwork is for sale and priced as marked. Artists receive 65% of sales and the 35% ROY retains is invested back into the gallery.
Kim responds to the questions ROY asks
What is your name and pronouns?
Kim Rohrs, she/her
2. How has art (whether it be your own or art in general) changed you?
I think that art- both making it or finding what inspires me- always brings me closer to who I truly am. I am happiest when I am making, and through making I am able to make sense of my experiences and feelings. Art brings me to the complete, the whole, the center of who I am.
3. How did you start your artistic practice?
Making art and pursuing it seriously as a career began when I was caring for my 4 year old and 6 month old at home. I began painting watercolors and keeping the supplies in our dining room so I could clean quickly when one of my children needed me. I painted in very small bursts, literally for 5 minutes at a time, sometimes standing at the table and adding just a few brushstrokes before I was needed by my children. I learned that in small spaces, with small amounts of time I could make beautiful things and find meaning and purpose in that. The lessons I learned then inform my current work, focusing on how the accumulation of many small parts create a beautiful whole.
4. When a first-time viewer looks at your art, what is the first word that you hope they think when looking at it?
Contemplation and Joy
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