Powerful Female Portraits by Nivia Bejerano I Artsy Shark

Artist Nivia Bejerano draws from traumatic childhood activities to imbue her portraits of women of all ages with suffering and ability. See extra of her art on her internet site.

“Human Exposure” acrylic and gold flake on wood panel, 48″ x 48″

There is so significantly I can say about my artwork, but to have an understanding of my artwork you need to have an understanding of me.

As a kid of an addict, I lived all about New England—it was an eventful childhood to say the the very least. I grew up in the foster treatment process, so my creativeness turned my very best pal. Executing art is in which is exactly where I learned my abilities. You could say that art has been my sanctuary. Most of my parts depict women of all ages they not only symbolize me, but they also depict the reduction of my mother.

“Mariposa” acrylic and gold flake on wooden, 48″ x 48″

Living in the aftermath of my mother’s overdose was not truly residing. I struggled a lot as an adolescent without my mom current. She was a lovely girl with a horrible drug habit unfortunately, her beauty proved to be unquestionably perilous. That’s why the beauty, the risk and the disappointment in most of my pieces.

“Naive” acrylic and gold flake on wood, 48″ x 48″

Coming from an abusive upbringing because of to escalating up in the foster care technique and dropping not only my mother, but several other beloved ones to habit, pushes me to discuss about abuse in my adulthood as effectively as psychological ailment and drug habit.

“Internal Chains” acrylic on canvas, 36″ x 48″

It has been a complicated journey for me to open up up and converse about myself and my real truth. I can only hope my bravery influences and aids other individuals who share what I have gone through, or who have walked a similar path.

“Roe Vs Wade” acrylic and gold flake on wood panel, 48″ x 48″

I’d like to say my operate speaks for itself, and I imagine it really substantially does. My paintings seem to be to consist of a electricity when you seem at them—power and ache.

“Last Flight” acrylic on wood, 48″ x 48″

I use the eyes, lips and facial expressions in my parts to convey to stories—the tales of the many silent small children and grownups. As a result of my perform I hope to push and to recover the numerous who can not converse for on their own. If you appear carefully at every of my pieces, you will come across a pieces of me and my mother. The birds and feathers stand for the loss of my mom and liked kinds.

“Circumference” acrylic on wood, 48″ x 48″

And if you look even closer, you will detect that some of my female figures really have magnificence marks on the aspect of their eyes. That is my trademark. I was born with the similar attractiveness mark on the suitable side of my individual eye.

“Albino” acrylic and gold flake on wooden, 48″ x 48″

I can absolutely say that my art signifies my lifestyle. It’s who I am. It is what I’ve turn out to be. I am my possess muse and I have embodied my personal art as we all really should.

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