Victoria Sivigny
Meriden, CT
“Art allows us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” My intention is to create artwork engaging the viewer to be present in the moment.
MessageAs a shy child of the 1950's, the artist found her joy in observing rather than engaging with the world. Moving from New York City to Connecticut at age 11, the woods near her new home became a mysterious retreat to be explored, and a magical place which sparked her imagination. Childhood summers with her maternal grandmother and great aunts on Shinnecock Bay at the east end of Long Island reinforced her connection to nature and the arts. Time spent with these women, each with their own creative gifts, influenced Sivigny’s imaginative and creative experiences at a young age. As a late bloomer, she began a full-time art practice at age 55 and has not looked back.
Sivigny has participated in numerous art workshops, art history courses, professional art business seminars, as well as a variety of artistic retreats. She continues to be motivated to learn as much as possible about contemporary visual art and new creative processes. Since retiring in 2009 from a career in the field of behavioral health administration, she now devotes her time to creating and exhibiting her artwork across the country. From 2009 to 2014, Sivigny participated in a monthly independent study and critique group in West Hartford, CT; North Adams, MA; and an artist retreat in San Miguel Allende, Mexico, as well as maintaining memberships in artist cooperatives.
Sivigny is an award-winning artist exhibiting her work since 2009. Her work has appeared in numerous regional, national and international exhibitions. Selected juried group exhibitions include Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe; Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA; New Britain Museum of American Art, Atlantic Gallery, Chelsea, NYC; Slater Memorial Museum, Mattatuck Museum, Mystic Museum of Art, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, and the University of Connecticut campuses at Storrs and Stamford. Sivigny holds elected memberships in Connecticut Women Artists, West Hartford Art League, and New Haven Paint and Clay Club. Her work is part of the Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe permanent collection.
Statement
“Art allows us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” Merton’s words nurture my intention to create artwork which invites the viewer to be present in the moment and lured into the details of the work, contemplating its relationship to their lives.
Utilizing a wide variety of tools, I explore abstract composition through complex and extensive layering and reduction. Detailed shape, texture, gestural mark making, and asemic writing play a captivating role. Cold wax medium, oil paint, pigment stick, powered graphite, or dry pigment, cultivate the mystery of an archaeological discovery. Each work appears timeless, exposing a history accumulated in layers evocative of ancient architectural surfaces, palimpsest artifacts, or personal life experiences. As time passes, the artist's work becomes an artifact of her creative journey.
Achieving a balance between chance, control and authenticity informs my process -driven approach. There is an alchemy that take place while in deep conversation with the artwork, frequently permitting the piece to inform itself. Intuition, spontaneity, and a thirst for problem solving enlighten my creative process. Daily yoga and meditation practice compliments my creative philosophy as I strive to manifest this mysterious energy through abstraction.
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