Overview
Hana Lock is the Best of Show winner for the 2023 Salon at the Triton. Her work is an intriguing mix of bizarre and sublime, depicting in great detail our delicate anatomy alongside or combined with other wonderful creatures such as rabbits, frogs, mice, snakes, wolves, beautiful plants and flowers - our connection to the natural world. Her work displays our vulnerability and forces us to confront what is inevitable - that, along with all over living beings, we will all die and decompose. However, this fate is not portrayed as something to be feared, but rather embraced as part of the natural rhythm of life and death. This exhibition will include a selection of 2D works by the artist.
Artist Statement
Anatomica is a collection of paintings and drawings that draw inspiration from my love of anatomy and fascination with the transience of life, the inevitability of death, and the mystery of what lies beyond. My work offers a holistic view of the body by highlighting the beauty of its internal structures without shying from the grotesque. Referencing visual and philosophical concepts from Buddhism and European medieval funerary art, my art often features anatomized bodies being strewn across the composition as their viscera intertwines with flora and fauna.Â
In my practice, I primarily use ballpoint pen, watercolor, and acrylic to create intricate and precise line work and vibrant, flat colors reminiscent of Japanese woodblock prints and Art Nouveau. I strive for precision and detail, and I believe that in addressing the formal and conceptual qualities inherent in line, I am effectively capturing the delicate intricacies of the natural and imaginative world.
Artist Biography:
Hana Lock is an Asian American artist who resides and works in the Bay Area. She graduated in 2022 with a BFA in Pictorial Arts from San José State University and has since exhibited work in local galleries and museums such as Chopsticks Alley and New Museum Los Gatos. Her vibrant and illustrative works explore the beautiful and grotesque nature of anatomy and the cycle of life and death. She approaches these topics through both a scientific and spiritual lens - connecting the physical anatomy of the body to the spirituality of its soul.
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Hana Lock, Basara, 2024, ballpoint pen, watercolor, and acrylic.