Ciara Barsotti
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work is heavily inspired by Western and Sci-Fi stories, including the UFO folklore of the American Southwest. I develop each new painting based on color combinations or specific geological landmarks that catch my eye. The architectural elements in some of my paintings are inspired by the "ancient aliens" theory and are meant to evoke a sense of "future past." The figures in my work are all female, partly because I find the female figure more fun to draw and partly because my work is about our connection with the land, and there is a strong cultural connection between planet Earth and femininity. I use glassine or tracing paper to add these figures to the paintings because it lends itself to a ghostly or multi-dimensional look, as the figures are interacting with but not affecting the landscapes. My hope is that the work inspires viewers to consider their own relationship with the land we call home.
BIO
American artist Ciara Barsotti was born in Dublin, Ireland, raised in California, and currently lives in Virginia with her husband and two cats. She fell in love with the desert after taking a plein air painting trip to southern Utah, and later discovered that her Great Grandma was also a southwest landscape painter.
PRESS + PUBLICATIONS
2019 Hashtag Art Mag Blog (online interview)
2018 Odd Duck Press Blog (online interview)
2018 Southwest Art Magazine: 21 Under 31 (September issue, online and print)
2018 Voyage Phoenix: The Thought-Provokers (online interview)
2018 BOOOOOOOM.com (online)
2018 Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Vol. 1, Issue 1, pg 48
AWARDS
2017 SF Bay Area Regional Semi-Finalist: Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Sept 2019 Space Cowgirls, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
April 2019 Space Cowgirls, Park View Gallery at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD
May 2018 Space Cowgirls, Iveta Gourmet, Santa Cruz, CA
Jan 2018 Space Cowgirls, Mandala Holistic Studio, Santa Cruz, CA
Dec 2017 Animal Studies in Ink, Palace Arts, Santa Cruz, CA
Aug 2017 Space Cowgirls, The Abbey, Santa Cruz, CA
July 2017 Space Cowgirls, Lulu Carpenter’s, Santa Cruz, CA
Jun 2017 Space Cowgirls, Coffee Cat, Scotts Valley, CA
Dec 2014 The Buffalo Show, The Bagelry, Santa Cruz, CA
Nov 2014 The Buffalo Show, Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Art of the Cosmos, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Present from the Past, Art League Rhode Island, Providence, RI
2017 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
2016 Student Showcase, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
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