Artist Statement:
Eugenie Diserio is a life-long artist. Her work is in juried shows, permanent and solo exhibits and private collections.
She studied at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, earned a BFA from Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University and an MFA from Columbia University.
While a graduate student, she co-designed the catalog "Rooms," for the inaugural show in what became MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, New York.
In the early 80's, she co-formed the seminal 80's art rock bands, Model Citizens, The Dance and Chandra, whose music continues to be licensed, sampled and streamed today.
In the late 90's, she founded the astrology website Astronet. As CEO and with her persona Genie Easy, she was named an Internet content pioneer, a "Dot-Com Diva" and one of Harvard Business School's Top 10 Entrepreneurs of the Year.
From all of her diverse life ventures, she has learned to trust and follow intuition. “Regardless of what medium you are working with, the process and expression must be true to who you are. When what you are playing with is real, it usually merges with the psycho-emotional territory of others.”
I am an abstract painter. My language is evocative marks, gestural brushstrokes and personal calligraphy. Colors, mixed in advance, can be brilliantly saturated or monochromatic. Then, I surrender to not necessarily knowing where I am going and trust the process.
I have reinvented myself through diverse career ventures and I have learned to embrace change while trusting intuition.
Also, a devoted Yogi and meditator, I consider the painting process to be transcendental. "You lose your sense of time and space and suspend in the present moment and vision.
I use metallic, iridescent and interference paint colors and metallics and glitter to create reflective areas in the paintings.
Historically and now, reflections have to do with human beings communicating with the spirit world and connecting with life's deeper mysteries.
My work is really about consciousness more than anything and has been described as “bold, intuitive and grounded in spiritual, intellectual and physical truths.” Art is channeled energy and balancing that energy is a daily spiritual practice. Ultimately, I hope my paintings create a pause for the viewer to reflect, recalibrate and reboot."
Artist Tags:
abstract, abstract expressionism, metallic, glitter, acrylic, markmaking
