Maneli Jodat - For Unknown Reasons - 48" x 48"

Title: For Unknown Reasons
Size: 48" x 48"
Medium: Mixed Media on Wood Panel

Original artwork, only 1 available.

Artist Information

Website:	manelijodat.com
Biography:	Born in 1974 Maneli Jodat obtained her B.F.A. and M. F.A. from California State University Fullerton in 2006, where she currently teaches Drawing and Painting since 2005. Since graduating she has participated in several group shows including Gallery One in San Francisco, Orange County Center for contemporary art, APW Gallery in New York, 2009 Florence Biennale, and and will be representing in the New York US Biennale in October 2020. She resides in San Diego, CA.
Statement:	My paintings are a documentation of personal and everyday life experiences and observations. They represent a natural sanctuary for trust, self-confidence and clarity. Like any life experience, they are reminiscent of good and not so good moments convolved and transcribed in some distilled form in layers of colors, recognizable imagery, mark making, and unreadable text. We live in an era with an amazing amount of information at our fingertips and an ever-shorter time to absorb and react to changes. At times, the sheer speed of these changes challenges our sense of self and security. The act of painting is an antidote and a reminder to deliberately slow down, and let moments flow and attempt to capture the essence of some experience forever. The illegible texts are a significant element of the works because they are the characterization of communications and words surrounding an experience. Words affect us in one way or another and shape our perception and response to events. Words bring us comfort. Words bring us pain. But more often that not, the unspoken affects us the most.