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| batya f. kuncman |
Batya is an Israeli born multidisciplinary artist based in New York City. Her work has been internationally
exhibited in galleries and museums that include the Museum of Modern Art of Taluca, Mexico and the
Haun Tie Art Museum in Beijing, China. Recently, her paintings from the series “Landscapes for
Humanity” were on solo exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art. Her work has appeared in a
variety of publications including Forbes, MIT Technology Review and Wired. Her “Infinite Flux” series
was on view in 2012 at the Martine Chaisson Gallery in New Orleans. Her work has been described as
diving into a myriad of art historical references with her prolific painting and drawing practice...
displaying a skillful sense of composition and brushwork. with a a strong brand of social realism in their
subject matter… surreal perspective and almost Munchian brushstrokes.”
exhibited in galleries and museums that include the Museum of Modern Art of Taluca, Mexico and the
Haun Tie Art Museum in Beijing, China. Recently, her paintings from the series “Landscapes for
Humanity” were on solo exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art. Her work has appeared in a
variety of publications including Forbes, MIT Technology Review and Wired. Her “Infinite Flux” series
was on view in 2012 at the Martine Chaisson Gallery in New Orleans. Her work has been described as
diving into a myriad of art historical references with her prolific painting and drawing practice...
displaying a skillful sense of composition and brushwork. with a a strong brand of social realism in their
subject matter… surreal perspective and almost Munchian brushstrokes.”
Each of my recent paintings is an elaborate imagined studio space featuring an installation of images as
an investigation into corruption/beauty, destruction/renewal, and utopia/dystopia. My work is an
experiment with an organic changing alchemical story about meaning and the ambiguous relationship
between “illusion” and what we call “truth." I try to transcend the present, to 'see' what the painting
process suggests. Blending painting history, media, memory and phenomena a visual play is
choreographed on the stage space created through shifting perspectives, color and light.
Drawing on information derived through the study of science, philosophy and transcendent texts these
works explore the idea of the past, present and future existing simultaneously as infinity and reality as a
continual flow of change. The images reflect a state of flux in our information age, the fragmentation of
society, cultures, thoughts, and the way personal identity is connected to universality and is
simultaneously fragmented by continual evolvement. I try to imagine a connection to spiritual phenomena
that might explain what is happening and what would happen if our reality were suddenly to reveal this
component.
an investigation into corruption/beauty, destruction/renewal, and utopia/dystopia. My work is an
experiment with an organic changing alchemical story about meaning and the ambiguous relationship
between “illusion” and what we call “truth." I try to transcend the present, to 'see' what the painting
process suggests. Blending painting history, media, memory and phenomena a visual play is
choreographed on the stage space created through shifting perspectives, color and light.
Drawing on information derived through the study of science, philosophy and transcendent texts these
works explore the idea of the past, present and future existing simultaneously as infinity and reality as a
continual flow of change. The images reflect a state of flux in our information age, the fragmentation of
society, cultures, thoughts, and the way personal identity is connected to universality and is
simultaneously fragmented by continual evolvement. I try to imagine a connection to spiritual phenomena
that might explain what is happening and what would happen if our reality were suddenly to reveal this
component.
| Empire Oil on Canvas 32"x16" diptych 2012 |
| Edge of Paradise Oil on canvas 16"x20", 2012 |
| Boom Oil on Canvas 30"x40" 2012 |
| We rose up despite impossible odds Oil on canvas 48"x24" 2011 |
| We wanted to be safe and nullify the decree Oil on canvas 60"x48" 2011 |
| We Virtually Held Up the Sky, Made the Wind Move Oil on canvas 24"x 20" 2008 |
| Exile Oil on canvas 60”x28” 2012 |
| Forgotten vessels detector Oil on canvas 24"x18" 2011 |
| Holiday Oil on canvas16”x 12” 2012 |
| Sway Oil on canvas 30”x40” |
| Another Break in the Wall 2008 Oil on board 16"x20"; Private Collection, New York, NY |
| Sacrifice Oil on canvas 24”x30” |
| Energy Shepherd (11th Son) Acrylic on canvas 18”x24” |
| Believer oil on canvas 30"x48" 2010 |
| Prayer (Tefila) Acrylic on Canvas |