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Jillian Goldberg Art

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Abstract contemporary paintings

Abstract contemporary paintings Abstract contemporary paintings

My Painting Life

Jillian Goldberg

Biography

Artist's Statement

Artist's Statement

Jillian is a contemporary abstract artist living in Cary, North Carolina. She attended the Michaelis School of Art at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, where she completed a BA in Art Education. After emigrating to the Southern US with her family, she opened seven children's art schools under license to Monart, as well as foundin

Jillian is a contemporary abstract artist living in Cary, North Carolina. She attended the Michaelis School of Art at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, where she completed a BA in Art Education. After emigrating to the Southern US with her family, she opened seven children's art schools under license to Monart, as well as founding summer camps for gifted children at Queens University in Charlotte, which she ran for twenty years.


Since retiring in 2006, Jillian has immersed herself in her personal artistic practice. She continues to explore different ways of seeing and expressing her vision, attending workshops and critiques as well as reading widely.  Jillian enjoys collaborating with area artists, and she has created several collaborative art shows in the region.  

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Artist's Statement

Artist's Statement

Artist's Statement

  I create abstract and semi-abstract paintings and mixed media collage. Color and composition are essential elements of my work. Energy, direction, focal point, and balance are important to me in my aim to create harmony and structure. Color palettes that are high contrast, complementary, and unconventional, characterize much of my work.

  I create abstract and semi-abstract paintings and mixed media collage. Color and composition are essential elements of my work. Energy, direction, focal point, and balance are important to me in my aim to create harmony and structure. Color palettes that are high contrast, complementary, and unconventional, characterize much of my work.
Originally from South Africa, my first introduction to art as a child, and later as a student, was my study of the great art masters of German Expressionism, the Nabis, and the Viennese Secession. These European movements, which were prevalent and influencing art in South Africa, made an indelible impression on me. A heavy application of paint, (known as impasto), the emotional intensity of gestural brushwork, and abstract expressions of ideas are all evidence of my influences and are found in my paintings today.
My painting approach is visceral. I boldly apply and remove layers using a constant, additive and subtractive method. I often begin by loosely wiping paint onto a canvas, board, or paper with a rag, then I add paint, and ephemera (materials otherwise intended to be short-lived in their use) to create form and structure. Scrubbing and peeling away the surface creates the process and results in the organic evolution of each work. My interest is in ancient history, architecture, and symbolic mark-making. Abstracting spaces like alleyways, arches, and pathways helps me to convey a sense of the mystery of antiquity, while also creating complex compositions with multiple fields of depth and perspective. I am strongly drawn to asemic writing, a type of mark-making that mimics calligraphy but does not hold semantic meaning. For me, it conveys the urgent need that people have always had to express themselves and communicate. This fluidity of line helps me in creating bold, expressive, and open meaning in mywork.

Selected Recent Exhibitions

2019

2019

2019

Group show Triangle Visual Artists Litmus Gallery Raleigh NC

Solo Show Pigfish Antiques Raleigh NC 

2018

2019

2019

 Juried Show Corridors Artspace Raleigh NC

Two Woman Show Upfront Gallery Artspace Raleigh NC 

2016

2019

2015

  Three Woman Show Village Art Circle Gallery Cary NC

Juried show: Maria Howard Center for the Arts, Honorable Mention 

2015

2015

2015

  

Three Woman Show Village Art Circle Gallery Cary NC

Juried Show Carolina’s Got Art, Elder Gallery, Charlotte NC

Invited Solo Show, Wake County Library, Downtown Raleigh 

2013

2015

2013

  

Juried Show: North Carolina Museum Art of the Auction 

Juried Show: Fine Arts League of Cary Annual Juried Show

Juried Show: North Ridge Country Club

Juried Show: Maria Howard Center for the Arts National Juried Show

Solo Show, guest artist Roundabout Art Collective Raleigh NC

Solo Show, invited artist North Ridge Country Club

Group Show, Chromazone group, Durham Art Guild

2012

2015

2013

  

Juried Show: North Carolina Museum Art of the Auction 

Juried Show: Raleigh Fine Art Society

Juried Show: Cary Visual Arts Quartet

Juried Show: Junior League of Raleigh

Solo Show Chatham Hill Winery Morrisville NC 

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