TWELVE VOICES FROM ONE: Annalisa Jose

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Annalisa Jose

ANNALISA JOSE

Annalisa Jose is a mixed media artist from Walnut Creek, California. She creates graphic compositions from hand-dyed textiles, paint and fabric manipulation. Jose has completed the Art Cloth Mastery Program and graduated from Mills College with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She creates art cloth through a series of printing techniques, hand-dyeing, painting and the application of different resists such as soy wax.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My unspoken goal has always been to find God (light) in my daily life. Whether praying in a Catholic church or meditating in a temple, mandalas were present. Mandala is the Sanskrit word for circle. The mandalas I saw were colorful, inspirational and full of intricate details.

I use color and design imagery to create a dance of light. I want the viewer to follow the light's path. As I work I am compelled by intuition to seek the direction of the piece. Throughout the process I consciously align myself with the colors and intention of the mandala.

My inspiration comes from my spiritual practice. The process of creating mandalas becomes an active meditation, thus quieting the mind, so I can listen to my inner voice.

1 comment:

ElizabethApril 8, 2012 at 6:53 AM
Stunning wonderful work!!!! Art ON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This exhibition represents nearly three years of intense and dedicated study on the part of the participants. The Art Cloth Mastery Program 2010, in which they were enrolled, required five week long sessions in the San Antonio studio, in addition to demanding assignments which were addressed during the interim periods.

Artists interested in surface design processes are at a disadvantage in this country. Most opportunities for study require either enrollment on site at a university or college, or are offered as week-long workshops through adult education summer programming. The inability to relocate to a program venue inhibits artistic mastery, as does the limited experience of a week’s class without a systematic follow-up.

The Art Cloth Mastery Program was designed to address this reality. The selected participants study surface design processes on cloth, and also color, design and the articulation of a personal visual language. Each artist is required to complete a research project related to the dyes, chemicals or paints used as part of the patterning palette. When assembled, these projects will become a catalogue of research worthy of contributing to the surface design field at large.

Professional behavior is also a topic of discourse. Artists prepared a resume, visual documentation, an artist’s statement and a biography as part of the requirement for completion of the program.

This exhibition is a sampling of the finest work being presented by serious students of surface design today. Each of these artists will continue to generate studio work for exhibition after the program is completed. A few may choose to extend their circle of influence by teaching. Others may decide to write a book or produce some other lasting contribution to the field. The future is rich with possibility. It has been my great pleasure to accompany them on this exciting path. I congratulate each on the efforts of the past two and a half years.

Jane Dunnewold