MIA FUNK
BIOGRAPHY
Mia Funk trained at the ateliers Beaux-Arts, Paris. She has participated in number of international juried competitions including the Salon d’Automne Paris, for which she won the Prix de Peinture 2009. She was a finalist in Sky Television’s Art Competition London 2010, and The Guardian Newspaper’s London Lives Competition 2010, was nominated for the Celeste Prize 2010. Her work has been highlighted on radio, television and numerous art publications, and was a finalist in Aesthetica Magazine’s 2010 Creative Works Competition. She has exhibited widely and is known for her figurative and portrait work. Her paintings are held in a number of public, private and corporate collections including the Dublin Writers Museum et de la FIU World Art Collection à Amsterdam.
ARTIST STATEMENT
When I am obsessed with something, I tend to reflect that obsession at every turn. Be it memory, the perversity, isolation and complexity of the human condition, or whatever the concept or theme that’s on my mind at that particular time, I try to be provocative and playful and create a visually impacting work using oil on canvas, moving the paint like a dream/nightmare until I’m satisfied with the effect of the images coming through. I think people have a capacity now to accept strange and I hope some of my work holds up to that.
I want to disorientate the viewer and make the unfamiliar familiar and vice versa. I think, from all my years visiting galleries and art shows, that one is bombarded by so many images, that it’s hard for the artist today to create some thought-provoking piece that the viewer will come away with and stick in their mind. Creating paintings that have an impact that people will remember long after seeing – this is my objective and aim.
BIOGRAPHE
Elle est formée aux ateliers des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Elle a participé à un certain nombre des salons internationaux selectionné par jury, y compris le Salon d'Automne de Paris, pour lequel elle a remporté le Prix de Peinture 2009. Elle a reçu le Prix Thames & Hudson 2010 et a été finaliste à Sky Television Art Competition, Londres 2010, The Guardian Newspaper’s London Lives Competition 2010, et a été nominé pour le Celeste Prize 2010. Elle a des œuvres majeures dans le collection permanente du Dublin Writers Museum et de la FIU World Art Collection à Amsterdam. Son travail a été à la radio, la télévision et des publications d'art de nombreux, y compris Aesthetica Magazine, qui l'a choisie pour leur Creative Works Competition 2010. Elle a exposé dans plusieurs pays et est connue pour ses oeuvres figuratives et portraits.