Amy Chaiklin

Artist Statement: Amy Chaiklin paints exotic and sensuous images of mythology, gardens, patterns & goddesses. The women in her paintings depict the delicate, the beautiful, the bitter, the sweet, and the strong. Exploring female mythology and fairy tales, Chaiklin depicts imagery of woman as angels, mermaids, and butterflies imbuing them with the roles of friend, lover, mother, and muse. Through fluid lines and clear vivid hues these multifaceted paintings express the feminine energy of color. The hyper-colored canvases pulse with women that are looking straight at the viewer, everything on display, as they dance, kiss, embrace, suffer, love, cry, create, destroy, and fly.

Biography

Amy has exhibited at The Marble Palace Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Galerie im Saalbau in Neukölln, Berlin, Germany, and The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. She has also exhbited at Realform Project Space in Brooklyn, NY and Fashion Moda in Bronx, NY.

She studied at the New York Studio School in Paris, France and received her BFA from the College of Art, Washington University in St. Louis, MO.