Jan Maret Willman

JAN MARET WILLMAN ~ Artist Statement

The place of consciousness is steeped in realities that we cannot "see" in the traditional sense. My work is a gateway into the unknown; to the sight behind the human eye. In my life and art I strive to make a statement of the great intensity and significance that it is to be alive; to embody the contradictions of life in grace and joy for all itʼs opposing forces. I work to capture those shadow images of Life, the fleeting images from memories, dreams, ideas, and human experience that flash unborn in the mind; transforming them to an emotive surface on the canvas.

My need to understand beauty that is beyond the scope of outward form compels my painting to things indescribable; to the uncontainable nature of life and all its upwelling. I draw strongly upon the freedom, spontaneity, openness and complexity of images not born out of the studio or the
mind, but instead that are tied explicitly and intimately to the deeply naked state of the human as an emotive conduit.

I paint from the gut, where the boundaries between chaos and order are blurred, and the plasticity of my expressionism gives voice to the many nuances of human emotion. Reflected and cultivated in my canva...

1978 BS Indiana University
1977-78 Herron School of Art & Design Indianapolis, IN
1974-76 Murray State University Fine Art Major, Murray, KY 1975 Herron School of Art & Design, Indianapolis, IN

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023-present Representation by AEO Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2018-present Representation by Wertheim Contemporary Gallery, Maalaea Harbor, Maui
2023-present: Maui Open Studios Annual Holiday show
2022-present: Maui Open Studios annual summer show
2019-present: Maui Open Studios annual winter show

2015 Jan in January, The Chief Theatre, Steamboat Spgs,CO
2014 Chroma Obscura, Harwig’s Gallerie, Steamboat Springs, CO
2014 Common Ground, Solo Art Exhibition, Denver, CO
2014 Confrontations with the Unconscious, Artwork Network, Solo Exhibition, Rear Gallery, Denver, CO
2013 Salon Misha, Solo Art Exhibition, Denver, CO
2013 AP Studio Art Inspiration Exhibition, Jack Finley Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO
2013 Confrontations with the Unconscious, Harwig’s Gallerie, Steamboat Springs, CO
2013 Spring Fever at Creekside, Steamboat Springs, CO
2013 Elements of Force, The Depot, Steamboat Springs, CO
2012 The 3-D Show,The Depot, Steamboat Springs, CO
2011 Found and Eccentric Objects, Colorado Group Gallerie, Steamboat Springs, CO
2011 Action-Abstraction-Reaction, Olympian Hall Gallerie, Steamboat Springs, CO
2010 Over the Top, Eleanor Bliss Center for the Visu...