BIANCA SEVERIJNS
As a contemporary paper artist, my art is a physical representation of my ongoing reflective journey. It is paper art, molded by instinct and an intellect influenced by intuition. My art begins with virginal white paper, on its way to becoming something else, an alteration, a complex form. My medium is paper pieces, hand-torn with a gentle physicality that removes the newborn softness and creates a unique ruggedness that contains encounters, travels, reflections, love, loss and happiness. Each layer is composed of paper pieces in all shapes and sizes, which serve as a basis for the next layer, minute, day, year or experience. Everything is dynamic, a manifestation of the patterns, rhythm and exploration that is life. Everything is stop, regulation and boundary-free. It is a process steeped in femininity and labor, which attempts to reach the ultimate goal of purity and peace, not settling for anything less than the glorious artistic multi-dimensional adventure.
Paper is as vulnerable, fragile & humble as a material...
...AS IT IS STRONG, DECISIVE AND POWERFUL! FOR ME PAPER IS A MATERIAL THAT CAN BE FREELY WORKED, WITH AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF POSSIBILITIES AND CHALLENGES”.
