kiyomi talaulikar

Kiyomi Talaulicar completed her BFA at Sir J. J. School of Art in Mumbai in 1986, and her MFA from the East Carolina University, North Carolina in the USA. Kiyomi works in the abstract mode, her paintings often bringing to mind the floating imagery in a landscape of memory. She creates silent and still paintings that usually centralize and bring into focus one singular idea or object. Kiyomi's process involves contemplation and deliberation on the forms and embodiments of interior spaces, objects, and landscapes, while in her paintings she creates surfaces that draw the viewer's gaze to rest and meditate upon it.

The main stream of thought behind my images, simply stated, is about embracing life. Chairs, walls, figures, patterns, leaves, doors, shadows, guitars and other forms flow in my work as emblems of humankind. A guitar's shape not only reflects the human form, but also the human capacity to make beautiful instruments, and the human need to make beautiful music.

I work in layers, at times mixing various media, as the process of layering and mixing simultaneously parallels my own vulnerability, and reflects the kind of continual self-reinvention that every person experiences throughout a lifetime.

Accepting the duality of life as a singular vision and the concept of unconditional love, are two realms from which I seek my energy. As challenging as it may seem to live by them in day to day life, it is through the creative process that I am able to better understand them, and in turn, gain a sense of peace that I wish to share with those around me.