SOME1 | Milenna Saraiva

PAINTING CATALOG SOME1 | MILENNA SARAIVA 12.09 - 12.10.2016

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Milenna Saraiva returns to The Peach Gallery for the 3rd time with solo exhibition entitled “SOME1”. in this series the artist explores concepts relating to the construction and deconstruction of the identity – a process that attempts to re-consider the conventions of figurative painting through a continued pursuit toward abstraction. The message is simple: the power of one! The artist wants to evoke a feeling of empowerment through her almost abstract faces. Faces of different people, some known, some unknown, some powerful, some not, some revolutionaries, some villains, but all someone colorful and beautiful.

Known for her brooding and evocative paintings, for Brazilian born Milenna Saraiva, the portrait is not about capturing an external likeness of a subject; but rather creating a portal to the inner journey of self-exploration. She relies principally on the free-flowing processes of memory and creative imagination for her creations.

In the over ten years that she has practiced as a full-time artist, Saraiva’s techniques have evolved from tightly wrought pencil drawings into the looser, layered surfaces of her present work. With her quick, almost brutal splashes of the palette knife, and through blending, building, edging, detailing and scraping off painterly layers, Milenna’s imagery is textured and richly hued, conveying both complexity and raw emotion.

Milenna was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil. Graduated in 2004 from Santa Monica College, Los Angeles, CA, with a Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts. Was selected by the faculty to be part of a residency program called The Mentor Program, also at Santa Monica College, studying painting under Linda Lopes, Nathan Ota, Mark Trujillo, Sharon Kagan and Ron Davis. Saraiva has earned a Post Graduation degree in Contemporary Painting at São Paulo’s prestigious FAAP University. The artist has been showing her artwork regularly in the USA, Canada and Brazil, including The Bergamont Station, The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery in Los Angeles, the Katzen Museum in Washington DC, Casa Galeria in São Paulo and The Peach Gallery in Toronto. Since 2013 she writes a monthly column about art called “Art Observed” for Circuito Magazine in São Paulo and also contributes to blogs and other publications.

For more information and the artist’s curriculum access www.milenna.com

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The Healer, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 110 x 110 cm | 43 x 43 in $ 4,800

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The Messiah, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 110 x 110 cm | 43 x 43 in $ 4,800

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The Magician, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 110 x 110 cm | 43 x 43 in $ 4,800

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The President, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 110 x 110 cm | 43 x 43 in $ 4,800

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The Dreamer, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 96 x 101 cm | 38 x 40 in $ 4,000

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The Sparrow, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 112 x 153 cm | 44 x 60 in $ 6,000 9

The Hybrid I, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 50 x 101 cm | 20 x 40 in $ 2,000 10

The Hybrid I, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 50 x 101 cm | 20 x 40 in $ 2,000 11

The Warrior, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 40 x 50 cm | 15 x 20 in $ 800 12

Some1, 2016 Acrylic on canvas and wall 330 x 120 cm | 130 x 48 in $ 8,500 (canvas) $ 10,000 (canvas and wall)

mural made at the gallery

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Deconstruction, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 25 x 25 cm (4 pieces) | 10 x 10 in $250 (each) $ 800 (4 pieces)

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The Observer ( I Close My Eyes In Order To See), 2014 Oil on canvas 60 x 80 cm | 24 x 32 in $ 1,900

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The Artist, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 50 x 100 cm | 20 x 40 in $ 1,600 16

The Thinker, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 50 x 100 cm | 20 x 40 in $ 1,600 17

For paintings purchase and shipping arrangements please contact Vince Nigro at info@thepeachgallery.com

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