Georgia Mrazkova
May 30 – July 27, 2019
Catalogue essay by Davora M. Lindner
Artist Statement
My imagery is nostalgic and dreamy, and invites the viewer to wander around in the macro and micro spaces of the work. Despite (or maybe because of) having grown up landlocked, I have a fascination with the sea, and water, and the creatures and forces that belong to the watery realms.
The paintings delve into the sensual and mystical aspects of the world, which is also touched with foreboding at times. They touch on matters of disintegration, reformation, and what’s behind the veil of materiality. Home, wilderness, water, lushness, and longing all reside in the work. Painting space reflects psychological states, both personally and culturally. Dripping, melting vegetation that shelters or menaces a solitary figure. Lakes, slews and seas that may harbor wondrous or inexplicable creatures.
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Georgia Mrazkova, Artist Bio
Georgia Mrazkova grew up in a flat prairie town in South Dakota where the austerity and angularity of the surroundings imbued her with a longing for the exotic and strange. The endless horizon, expansive skies and lakes and sloughs of her native land made an indelible impression on her psyche.
Mrazkova left the prairie to attend the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, where she was the recipient of the Miles and Shirley Fiterman Award for Fine Arts. After graduation she showed work in Minneapolis and Cincinnati and received a State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant and an Art in Space grant.