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Manhattan Arts
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Rear Ruby
mixed media, 18" x 24" |
In Tune
mixed media, 24" x 18" |
Untitled 3
acrylic on canvas, 18" x 24" |
Artist Profile
Jenik is an Armenian-born painter
in the tradition of such visual theorists as Gorky, Kandinsky, and
Motherwell. Absorbing and processing a vast range of material, from
ancient languages to modern painting movements, her works convey
a sense of confidence over this broad spectrum of experience. Jenik's
taste for the primeval is evidenced in her discovery of the original
mark: "You don't care if you ruin a piece of paper: it's just
a piece of paper. But recently I've been thinking that the real
creativity is often on a piece of paper." This tenet of Modernism
has become fundamental to Jenik's work. Her often biomorphic shapes
and lines, coupled with her bold use of color infuse her paintings
with richly exotic symbolism in the style of Miro or Leger.
Adding further depth to her artistic persona, Jenik is an accomplished
ceramist who knew the noted artist Beatrice Wood.
Jenik's work speaks with a direct
spontaneity that instantly registers an aesthetic buoyancy in the
heart of the viewer. She was educated in Europe, the middle east
and United States. She spent several years as an art educator.
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