Artist Information:
Jason Cimenski
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
United States
Member Since: Feb 2009

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Artist Statement:
Kairos: The Time In Between
I am interested in the iconography of moments that force profound personal decisions to be made. Moments that, because of their nature, change our spiritual, intellectual and emotional DNA forever. Some call them "moments of truth", but it is the ancient Greek idea of kairos, a moment of crisis which creates an opportunity and need for an existential decision to be made, that I am most interested in. I have attempted to visually explore some of these moments in my own life and in the lives of those close to me.
In most cases these events are unplanned and sudden. While they are often heartbreaking and traumatic these same moments can eventually yield strength, hope, and connectedness. My hope is the viewer experiences the tension of these seemingly opposing forces in all of the presented current works.
Personal iconography is presented as a symbolic suggestion of how these events have come together as an overall feeling or experience. Some works come across as subtly foreboding as if the moment will be disrupted by an intuitively felt action or experience, while in other works, the viewer is left feeling that something significant has just happened. In ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Exhibition Experience: Solo, Group & Juried Group Shows
2009
Spring Arts Collective Gallery February Exhibition, group show, SAC Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curator: Deborah Martin (Gallery Director, Artist)
50th International Juried Awards Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA, Curator: Julia Marciari Alexander (Deputy Director Curatorial Affairs, San Diego Museum ...
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Jason Cimenski's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Jason Cimenski's Portfolio. Kairos: The Time In Between
I am interested in the iconography of moments that force profound personal decisions to be made. Moments that, because of their nature, change our spiritual, intellectual and emotional DNA forever. Some call them "moments of truth", but it is the ancient Greek idea of kairos, a moment of crisis which creates an opportunity and need for an existential decision to be made, that I am most interested in. I have attempted to visually explore some of these moments in my own life and in the lives of those close to me.
In most cases these events are unplanned and sudden. While they are often heartbreaking and traumatic these same moments can eventually yield strength, hope, and connectedness. My hope is the viewer experiences the tension of these seemingly opposing forces in all of the presented current works.
Personal iconography is presented as a symbolic suggestion of how these events have come together as an overall feeling or experience. Some works come across as subtly foreboding as if the moment will be disrupted by an intuitively felt action or experience, while in other works, the viewer is left feeling that something significant has just happened. In ... |
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