JAVIER CHAVIRA
Statement:
Javier Chavira is an artist who has no misgivings about creating images that straddle the line between realism and abstraction. He is as much at home with the technical rigor of academic tradition and the liberating nature of formalism. His aim is to represent and at times unify those temperaments to create, as the great Oscar Wilde once wrote, “a work of art that is useless as a flower is useless.” Javier’s diverse catalog exists for its own sake and it is not explainable other than in the terms of itself. The useless and beautiful object created with great delight can hopefully provide the viewer “a moment of joy by simply looking at it.”
Bio:
Javier Chavira earned an MFA from Northern Illinois University’s School of Art in 2002, has exhibited nationally and internationally and his work is in numerous public and private collections. Aside from being an active artist, Javier is also an educator. He is an Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing at Governors State University, Illinois, a position he’s held since 2003. Javier is represented by 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago and currently resides in Crown Point, Indiana with his wife Sarah and their daughter Paloma.
Javier Chavira is an artist who has no misgivings about creating images that straddle the line between realism and abstraction. He is as much at home with the technical rigor of academic tradition and the liberating nature of formalism. His aim is to represent and at times unify those temperaments to create, as the great Oscar Wilde once wrote, “a work of art that is useless as a flower is useless.” Javier’s diverse catalog exists for its own sake and it is not explainable other than in the terms of itself. The useless and beautiful object created with great delight can hopefully provide the viewer “a moment of joy by simply looking at it.”
Bio:
Javier Chavira earned an MFA from Northern Illinois University’s School of Art in 2002, has exhibited nationally and internationally and his work is in numerous public and private collections. Aside from being an active artist, Javier is also an educator. He is an Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing at Governors State University, Illinois, a position he’s held since 2003. Javier is represented by 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago and currently resides in Crown Point, Indiana with his wife Sarah and their daughter Paloma.
TECHNIQUE MIXTE This is a method of painting that uses alternate layers of tempera (pigment in water based emulsion) and oil (pigment in an oil based medium). MEMBERS ONLY: to read Javier's article please enter the supplied password in IA email titled JAVIER CHAVIRA TECHNIQUE MIXTE. This was mailed on June 4, 2014: CLICK HERE If you can't locate the email please send us an email popovi5@popovichdesign.com
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Email: javierchavira@mac.com
Website: http://javierchavira.wix.com/artist