Claire Weaver-Zeman
Dissolving Portrait
I am interested in depicting the uncomfortable, strange feelings experienced in transitional states. Fractured and flattened space, reoccurring patterns and figures, and vivid colors evoke the awkwardness and anxiety that exist in these spaces. Lines cut from mylar stencils emphasize shape and create moving, layered, images that operate in the illogical, constantly fluctuating landscape of the unconscious.
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Claire Weaver-Zeman
a recent graduate of Rhode Island School of Design. She was part of RAW’s Women Art Muralist group in 2013, 2014 and 2015, which designed and executed murals for New England BioLabs in Ipswich and Cell Signaling Technology in Beverly. Claire showed work at the Piazza Cenci in Rome in 2017, which was created in Rome and made in response to the city and its history. She was also an artist assistant to Enrico Riley at the American Academy in Rome. Drawing inspiration from ancient myths and rituals, Claire creates narratives about powerful and resilient women. Painting in oil on canvas with bright, bold colors, her work focuses on drawing strength from joy, pleasure, and determination.
Her first solo show was held at Sprout Gallery in Providence, Rhode Island in November 2018.