A marking to find my way to being.
Artist Statement
An X-mark or cross is a mark, a place of reference or identity signature. In this case it is a place of trauma and recovery. When I was undergoing therapy, I received a small x-mark tattoo to mark where radiation rays were to be directed. A marking to find my way to being.
Biography
In her art practice Olga Cironis explores personal and collective identity within today’s cultural globalisation. From a strong migrant feminist foundation Olga scrutinises ideas around belonging and place by researching counter histories and human interaction within ecological dilemmas starting with personal experience. Often inviting public participation and story sharing, Olga succeeds to seduce the public to further delve, reflect and question our connection to nature and place in the world.
Olga Cironis is a highly respected award-winning artist, living in Fremantle WA, with a multidisciplinary art practice spanning over 30 years. Since graduating with a Master of Visual Arts from SCA/University Sydney 1996, Cironis has exhibited nationally and internationally. Cironis has undertaken local and international art residencies and projects. Her work is featured in numerous public, corporate, and private collections globally. In 2021 Art Collective WA published a monograph featuring much of Olga’s art practise over the past 30 years.
Olga Cironis is a member of Art Collective WA.
Connect
Website: artcollectivewa.com.au/artists/olga-cironis/
Instagram: @olga_cironis
Facebook: olga.cironis
list of works
Olga Cironis
Found It
2020
Repurposed child’s camouflage sleeping bag and pink lace
145 x 132 cm
NFS
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