Paintings

Recently, I am trying out a different medium and surface for this series. I am using Sharpie Paint Markers, both oil-based and water-based, on canvas.

Untitled, 2008
Paint markers on canvas
8" x 10"

Untitled 2, 2008
Paint markers on canvas
8" x 10"

Headache Scribble

I used to call these drawings Headache Scribble but I found the title too literal as to what it looked like so I changed it. Here are some drawings that came prior to the ones below. These are all large drawings.

Big Headache Scribble, 2007
India ink pen and marker on paper
80" x 96"

Big Headache Scribble, detail, 2007
India ink pen and marker on paper
80" x 96"

Big Red Headache Scribble, 2007
India ink pen and marker on paper
80" x 96"

Big Red Headache Scribble, detail, 2007
India ink pen and marker on paper
80" x 96"


Cluster Mix Headache Scribble, 2007
India ink pen and marker on paper
70" x 89"


Cluster Mix Headache Scribble, detail, 2007
India ink pen and marker on paper
70" x 89"

More from Chaotic Confinement

Chaotic Confinement 6, 2008
India ink pen and marker on paper
19 ¾ x 27 ½ inches

Chaotic Confinement 6, detail, 2008
India ink pen and marker on paper
19 ¾ x 27 ½ inches

Chaotic Confinement 7, 2008
India ink pen and marker on paper
19 ¾ x 27 ½ inches

Chaotic Confinement 7, detail, 2008
India ink pen and marker on paper
19 ¾ x 27 ½ inches

Chaotic Confinement continued

Chaotic Confinement 4, 2007
India ink pen and marker on paper
42 x 52 inches

Chaotic Confinement 4, detail, 2007
India ink pen and marker on paper
42 x 52 inches

Chaotic Confinement 5, 2007
India ink pen and marker on paper
52 x 96 inches

Chaotic Confinement 5, detail, 2007
India ink pen and marker on paper
52 x 96 inches

Chaotic Confinement

This is my current body of work. This series is called Chaotic Confinement. I've been working with this series since July 2006. The more recent drawings have been my strongest of the series.

Chaotic Confinement 2, 2007
India ink pen and marker on paper
80 x 80 inches

Chaotic Confinement 2, detail, 2007
India ink pen and marker on paper
80 x 80 inches

Chaotic Confinement 3, 2007
India ink pen and marker on paper
80 x 96 inches

Chaotic Confinement 3, detail, 2007
India ink pen and marker on paper
80 x 96 inches

Artist Statement / Biography / CV

Artist Statement

For the past three years, I have been plagued with daily headaches. Relatively recently, I began to work through it with the use of drawing and found that the pain was alleviated. It is the energy and rhythm of the lines that helps relieve the pain. The dynamics of a headache are locked in a chaotic confinement. The fluidity of an India ink pen mimics the pain’s travel pattern in my head. This controlled system of mark-making contains my condition by turning an uncomfortable negative state into a creative positive one. And from this condition, it is taking the drawing into new areas of the unknown.

Biography

Ana Garcia is a drawing artist in Miami, FL. Ana graduated from Florida International University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Fine Art. She has exhibited at Edgezones in Miami, FL in the Wynwood District which participates in Gallery Walk on Saturdays and the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum as part of the graduating B.F.A. students from the School of Art + Architecture at Florida International University. She also has exhibited at the Graham Center Art Gallery at Florida International University and the Master’s Mystery Art Show at the Ritz Carlton in Miami Beach.

Education

2007 B.F.A. in Drawing, Florida International University, Miami, FL

2001 High School Diploma, St. Brendan High School, Miami, FL First Honor Roll

Solo Exhibitions

2008 Controlled Tension, Edgezones, Miami, FL

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010 Snap To Grid: The Un-Juried Exhibit, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA

2010 Master’s Mystery Art Show, sponsored by Florida International University, Miami Beach, FL

2009 Tyla Smith Galleries, donated artwork for charity to assist Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL

2009 Master’s Mystery Art Show, sponsored by Florida International University, Miami Beach, FL

2009 Snap To Grid: The Un-Juried Exhibit, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA

2008 Master’s Mystery Art Show, sponsored by Florida International University, Miami Beach, FL

2008 Art For Smiles, donated artwork for silent auction to assist the James Correa Foundation, Graham Center Art Gallery at Florida International University, Miami, FL

2008 Miami Dreams – Miami International Film Festival, Edgezones, Miami, FL

2007 B.F.A. Fall Exhibition, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL

2007 Group Exhibit, Graham Center Art Gallery at Florida International University, Miami, FL

2007 Master’s Mystery Art Show, sponsored by Florida International University, Miami Beach, FL

2006 Beginning with “Self”, Graham Center Art Gallery at Florida International University, Miami, FL

2006 Master’s Mystery Art Show, sponsored by Florida International University, Miami Beach, FL

2005 Master’s Mystery Art Show, sponsored by Florida International University, Miami Beach, FL

Commissions

2008 Leonardo Torres, Miami, FL

2008 Charly Camacho, West Hollywood, CA

2007 Alfredo Camacho, Miami, FL

Collections

2008 Private Art Collector, Miami, FL

Awards/Scholarships

2007 Spring Review, Anisa Matthews Scholarship, Florida International University, Miami, FL, Placed 9th

2006 Fall Review, FIU Arts Council Scholarship, Florida International University, Miami, FL, Placed 4th