Artist Information:
Hadiya Finley
Topanga, CA
United States
Member Since: Jun 2007
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Artist Statement:
The place in me that was
formed long ago by impressions
made in a world that was
marked by the screams and
strange behavior of a
schizophrenic brother is the
place where my art is born. At
any moment a peaceful family
dinner could be interrupted by
an unexplained fit in which
the dining table could be
overturned and the meal sent
flying in all directions.
I could escape from this to
my own room where I made
things. I could turn
discarded materials, like the
old cardboard, , telephone
wire, pipe cleaners and fabric
scraps, broken and discarded
things, into magical objects.
The process of making took me
away from what frightened me
and what I could not
understand. The objects
brought me praise and
pleasure. The objects most
often represented humans as
dolls and figures with houses
and castles in which they
would live.
From this beginning my art
has developed into
representation of the human
form, exaggerated, broken,
mended, embedded inside other
forms, or filled with things
such as butterflies, in a
variety of materials; wood,
clay and fiberglass. This to
conjure fragility, but
strength as well, inertia and
fear as well as joy and
movement.
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Hadiya Finley's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Hadiya Finley's Portfolio.
The place in me that was formed long ago by impressions made in a world that was marked by the screams and strange behavior of a schizophrenic brother is the place where my art is born. At any moment a peaceful family dinner could be interrupted by an unexplained fit in which the dining table could be overturned and the meal sent flying in all directions.
I could escape from this to my own room where I made things. I could turn discarded materials, like the old cardboard, , telephone wire, pipe cleaners and fabric scraps, broken and discarded things, into magical objects. The process of making took me away from what frightened me and what I could not understand. The objects brought me praise and pleasure. The objects most often represented humans as dolls and figures with houses and castles in which they would live.
From this beginning my art has developed into representation of the human form, exaggerated, broken, mended, embedded inside other forms, or filled with things such as butterflies, in a variety of materials; wood, clay and fiberglass. This to conjure fragility, but strength as well, inertia and fear as well as joy and movement.
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