Joyce DiBona

Monkdogz Urban Art represents my work in New York. Robert (Bob) Hogge and Marina Hadley have done an amazing thing by creating one of the top galleries in Chelsea and the world.

I recently met a new friend on selfportrait.net that shows with Monkdogz as well. Below is info about Joyce DiBona, her art and the upcoming show she is participating in at Monkdogz Urban Art.

Above are some of Joyce Dibona's glorious pieces. Be sure to check out her website.

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When: Opening: Thurday, July 19, 2007
Exhibition: July 19 through August 11, 2007

Contact: Joyce DiBona
512 965-7073
dibonastudio@yahoo.com
http://www.joycedibona.com

Austin, Texas (June 28, 2007) Austin Artist Joyce DiBona has been accepted to the juried International Show “Heat” The Next Tortured Genius 2 in New York City. She will be showing the tattoo sculpture “Voyage to Consciousness”. Ms. DiBona has her own studio/gallery in Austin, near downtown. She was chosen as one of twenty eight artists from around the world to be showcased in this International event in the heart of the gallery district in Chelsea NYC.
Additionally, while in New York, Joyce will be interviewed by Modern Mask (http:www.modernmask.org) an online ezine in New York City featuring reviews and features on Television, Film, Theater and The Arts. She will be featured in the Fall edition of this magazine.
Joyce DiBona’s work can be viewed at: http://www.joycedibona.com, and studio visits are welcome. She is currently working on several new tattoo sculptures as well as oil painting on canvas, and a new series of tapestry type paintings based on The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche.

"HEAT"
(The Next Tortured Genius 2)
July 19 - August 11 2007
International Juried Exhibition
Juried by The Monkdogz Urban Art Directors Group

Like most reputable galleries throughout the world, Monkdogz Urban Art Inc., in the Chelsea District of New York City is looking to the future of art. We also realize on some level that we are in a unique position to help create tomorrow's art realities. We are on an international search for artists whose work is driven by talent, desire, impact, imagination and a sense of purpose.
Who will be remembered as the art icons of the 21st century?
Selected works will be exhibited at Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery
July 19 - August 11 2007

http://www.monkdogz.com/chelseagallery/intro.htm


http://www.joycedibona.com


“Voyage to Consciousness”

For many years I have worked in three-dimensional painting around the human form. This work eventually led me to the tattoo sculptures. This medium allows me to combine iconography with literary elements in a personal and meaningful way.

After the sculpture and base painting are completed I begin the work of pen and ink. Each piece usually takes me about four to six months to finish. “Voyage to Consciousness” is a road map of spiritual travels and expanding awareness. I moved around the human form with words and imagery in the spirit of a dance. Ancestors, totems and future possibilities flowed through pen and ink. Like the handprint on the cave wall, this work felt more like “memory” than creation. In this medium it feels as if I have greater access to a stream of consciousness in the creative process. Although it must be calculated work, I am working on a “canvas” that is constantly changing as I wrap imagery and literary elements around the human form. I am often surprised at the final outcome.

These pieces seem to lend themselves to concept and theme. “Pintographs” was my first tattoo piece and was born from a meeting with poet raulrsalinas. It conveys in an artistic form the style, spirit and iconography of Chicano prison art. I am currently working on a piece based on perception of good and evil.

For me this work is a declaration, a celebration, and a “handprint” on the most interior walls. It is ink on skin.


Joyce DiBona

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Congrats to Joyce! Be sure to check out her site and her art along with Monkdogz Urban Art.

~Kathy


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"Circus" 48x36 oil on canvas
by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen

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