Isaievych to exhibit works at N.J. Center for Visual Arts

SUMMIT, N.J. - The exhibit "Trans·Morphologies: Evolving Artwork of Alexandra Isaievych" opens on March 14 at the New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, where it will be on view through April 17. A reception to honor the artist will be held in the Member's Gallery on March 16 at 2-5 p.m.

In her paintings Ms. Isaievych combines spontaneous and colorful textures, marks and drips to create magical dream-like settings that feature biomorphic shapes and symbolic figures. She is fascinated with the evolution, transformation and transmutation of forms, shapes and structures, and the inherent logic that guides their changes. The works presented in this show mark an evolution in the artist's style from clearly figurative forms to the more abstract and universal shapes.

Ms. Isaievych's unique style contains three distinct layers that morph together to create the finished artwork. The first layer is spontaneous, unguided and self-evolving. The second layer attests to the artist's love of clear lines, which are executed in acrylic, giving definitive shape to the boundaries of the finished piece. The final layer is brought forth in oil, which serves to integrate and to clarify while bringing into focus and reconciling diverse under-layers, thus creating a rich interplay of forms and textures in the finished work.

Ms. Isaievych was born in Lviv, and currently resides in Summit, N.J. She has studied art in Ukraine and the United States, earning a B.F.A. from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Ms. Isaievych also holds a master's degree in economics and public policy from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.

Ms. Isaievych says she views art and economics as part of the same continuum within humanity's search for understanding and knowledge, and feels neither viewpoint is complete without the other.

NJCVA is located at 68 Elm St. For general information and directions call the center at (908) 273-9121. Information is also available online at www.njcva.org.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, March 16, 2003, No. 11, Vol. LXXI

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