Eva Bovenzi is a painter. She writes: “My painting has always been informed by two sources: the natural world and the art of various spiritual traditions. I have looked deeply at pre-Renaissance western painting (Spanish manuscripts, Sienese painting, Romanesque and Byzantine frescoes), as well as Indian miniatures, Tantric images, and Native American art. All of these traditions have relied either wholly or partially on abstraction to express their beliefs about the relationship of humans to the cosmos. The commonality of their use of space and shapes holds truth for me and gives me a ground for my own work. I place myself as in the tradition of artists who have tried to give visible form to that which is not visible. I make images which I hope evoke a sense of both power and enigma, beauty and unease.”

Bovenzi’s work has been exhibited throughout California, Texas, New York, Arizona, Washington, among other states. Internationally, she has exhibited in the 5th Annual Biennial of Painting in Cuenca, Ecuador, and the Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea in Florence, Italy. She was born in Rochester, New York, and she lives and works in El Cerrito, California.

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