Meet Silya Kiese.
How Did You Become An Artist?
Nature inspired my creative journey. This marvelous, mysterious inspiration began in early childhood. The daily experience with nature’s infinite wonders, the humming melody of the wind, the light-streams of the sun, the colorful diversity of bird songs, and enchanting rhythmic sound of rivers awakened the creative energy within my soul.
I followed my “creative destiny” and worked on several documentary films. One of the productions took place in Paris with a focus on its increasing industry, architecture, and public light art, in particular, a spectacular sculptural light tower created by kinetic artist Nicolas Schoeffer. Another production focused on the Bahama Islands, its enriching natural habitat and increasing tourism.
Curiosity then guided me to New York City, where I had family. New York City became my home, and again the “mystery of creativity” guided my interest toward the fine arts. This is how my significant creative journey began at the Art Students League of New York.
What Kind Of Art Do You Make?
My passion has always centered on the visual poetry of light, on apparent motion combined with geometric, circular, and other structures which are the hallmarks in my abstract series in geometric sculpture and meditative lamp sculptures. As the flame of light moves, its constant rhythm has to be embraced by a concrete form, such as the circle or other complimentary geometric forms. The circle inspires poetic rhythm and movement and thereby conducts a harmonic visual tangible form.
What’s Your Muse?
My artistic philosophy is similar to that of light – artist Nicolas Schoeffer who aims to manifest the natural law that opens up the essential and nourishes elements of nature in human consciousness. His belief was that if you keep facing the light, the dark shadows will not cross your path.
What’s Next?
I will continue teaching three dimensional sculpture and soul writing at the Art Students League of NY while providing private sessions on soul writing, portfolio- development and statement writing for individual art works at my studio in Nyack. In addition, I’m working on a continued series called “DNA of the Soul” related to light within all human beings, animals and plants.
You can reach Silya at beautifulhudsonriver@gmail.com or (845) 548-0050
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