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Artist Statement
While visiting the DeCordova library, I found Agnes Martin’s book. There I read, “An Artist is the one who can fail and fail and still go on”. It was the greatest inspiration for me and I realized that art is a process that once started can never be finished; the works encouraged and reaffirmed my creative journey.
A few years ago I took an art class in China and Japan that enabled me to grasp the values of a culture so rich with a history I had not been exposed to in the past. I was able to examine Asian art, culture and architecture which inspired me to look for the inner peace that I found in Japanese Sumi-e. I fell in love with simplicity, quietness and the white space that is the hardest to paint, but necessary to rest one’s eye on. In 2006 I started studying Sumi-e with the German master Jan Zaremba. One might say: “What is a Polish woman doing painting Japanese strokes?” It is very much like the Japanese artist who plays Chopin, just because of the delight coming out of such notes. The peace that I was looking for arrived quietly and unexpectedly; Ink Gardening. In progress…
Artist Biography:
Born in Warsaw, Poland Ania Gilmore is a graphic designer, painter and a mixed media artist. She works in her studio in Lexington, MA creating one-of-a-kind artist’s books, prints and she paints Japanese Sumi-e. Ania received a BFA with honors from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, also studied printmaking and book arts at the Rhode Island School of Design, the School of The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. Ania participates in juried shows, solo exhibitions and she received recognition and awards throughout the United States and internationally.
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