Join us in welcoming artist Tatyana Nadgor to ArtWalk with their exhibition "Selective Self-Consciousness"
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Artist Statement: \;
\n"We reveal ourselves in fragments .
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Memory\, culture\, language\, and experience shape what is
seen\, what remains hidden\, and what quietly transforms within us. Selec
tive Self-Consciousness is an exploration of that invisible territory betw
een the past and the present.
As a self-taught artist who em
igrated from Ukraine to the United States more than three decades ago\, I
have lived between two worlds. One is rooted in memory\, tradition\, and t
he language of my childhood\; the other is formed by adaptation\, discover
y\, and understanding of belonging. Rather than replacing one another\, th
ese worlds coexist\, creating a dialogue that unfolds in my art.
< br />My paintings emerge from a stream of consciousness shaped by external events and internal reflection. The creative process is intuitive and oft en unpredictable. Each work reveals something that was waiting to be disco vered rather than invented.
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For me\, art is more than self-e
xpression\; it is a language beyond words. It is an invitation to pause\,
to question\, and to look beneath the visible surface.
In Selective S
elf-Consciousness\, I invite viewers to recognize that every life is a col
lection of visible and invisible stories - and that\, despite our differen
t journeys\, we are connected by the universal search for meaning\, identi
ty\, and home."