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Artist Statement:
I am an artist who is
perpetually engaged in the
creation of a seemingly
ethereal novel….: my life
lived among others with the
help of H/She who created me
in love while simultaneously
condemning me by imbedding
within me the soul of an
artist (as Jung stated: " the
artist is a blessing unto
others-a curse unto himself").
In a continuous labyrinth of
all pictorial, ephemeral and
permanent, I am oft
distracted, cogitating on what
my role as an artist is in
society, so that it may more
than purely inform as an
aesthetic activity…but also
act as a viable venue through
which I, among others may be
enabled to easier attain
depths of vision, strength and
understanding.
My own work is rooted, not
only in my Latin American
upbringing, but in the
collection of Russian fairy
tales my grandmother kept in
her house in Santiago, Chile.
As a teenager, it was a
logical shift when I became
interested in Kafka's stories,
which in college led me to
discover the Surrealists.
Later, I found that I had an
affinity with the fact found
within Magic Realism: that
ancient beliefs and spirits
can coexist with modern ones.
Through ...
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Claudia Olivos Biography:
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Female
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1
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| Education |
Masters of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
International travel,Cooking |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Surrealism - (1924 - 1955)
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Too many to mention.... |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Claudia Olivos originates from Chile (b. USA).
She holds an MFA from Vermont College, a BA in Psychology, and a BFA in Painting a BFA in painting from George Mason University.
The founder, and one time owner of a gallery in Washington D.C., Olivos currently exhibits widely nationally and internationally. She has beeen included in the 2003-06 Editions of Marquis's Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who of American Artist (2006-07).
Her paintings have been featured in several publications including on the cover of Coming Home by J. Pizarro, and on the cover of the CD, Octaves Beyond Silence featuring Eve Ensler and Indigo Girls, a CD made to benefit women survivors of violence in Rwanda, Bosnia & Afghanistan, She has been involved in the local art community with various projects varying from working with youth at risk to teaching at the Smithsonian Institution Resident Associates Program, leading workshops in the community, to painting backdrops for scenery for Teatro de La Luna. Claudia Olivos currently teaches at The Art League School in Alexandria, and is faculty at the Art Institute of Washington. She regularly donates the use of her work for causes she believes in such as Alianza Latina in New York , and NHLi
Claudia resides in Arlington, Virginia with her son Julian and her partner, th painter Sergio Olivos M. She is a full time artist, working with drawing, painting and collage/assemblage.
Born in Washington D.C. to Chilean parents, Claudia Olivos was raised in Chile where she attended a private Catholic school, and was witness to the political upheaval of the Allende-Pinochet years. Her family returned to the USA when she was 13 years old. In doing her MFA studies, Claudia concentrated on the art of the Surrealists and on the literary genre of Magic Realism. She formulated a thesis to show that Magic Realism, like Surrealism, is a postmodern genre founded in literature and leading to the visual, and that is serves as a language to convey feelings of repression and oppression in a manner which is obvious yet sublime.
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