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Shyama Golden

Pacific Coast
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Deva Shuni

Woman in black dress stands by tree, surrounded by various animals in a surreal landscape.

oil on canvas

Carry On

A person in a bear costume rides on the shoulders of a woman wading through green water.

oil on canvas

After the Rains

Two women in a grassy forest, one wearing a bird mask, facing each other.

oil on canvas

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Artist Statement

 My current works are populated with a cast of characters which includes vine-covered trees suggestive of human archetypes, Sri Lankan yakkas from exorcism rituals, and self-portraiture. They are set in a parallel dimension of Los Angeles that exists in my mind—but much like the real place, it is littered with trash and multiple versions of myself locked in existential struggle. The narratives in the work tend to be autobiographical renderings of my emotional landscape. They are intended to capture the reality of a feeling, giving form to an ongoing process of reinvention and rebirth, synchronized with a world undergoing its own social and political transformations.

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