“I am interested in those times when the walls that seem to separate us dissolve.Images dance and merge with the universe they inhabit”~Janet Slom

JANET SLOM

Coral Gables magazine 2021, May Issue
Invitation 96" x 96" mixed media on canvas 

Coral Gables May 3021

 

EDUCATION/TEACHING: MFA, Massachusetts College of Art; Advanced seminars, Yale University; BFA, State University of New York. Certified mindfulness teacher.
Known for: “Heaven on Earth” painting series. Author of the book, “An Artful Path to Mindfulness” (New Harbinger, 2020). 

 

EXHIBITS/COLLECTIONS: Shows include U Massachusetts; United Nations; F.A.T. Village and African-American Research Library in Fort Lauderdale; Maor Gallery in Miami. Held in the South African Parliament, among others.

 

IN CORAL GABLES: Home studio since 2020. Immigrated to South Florida in 1978. Founded Mindfulness-Based Self-Expression and has taught it at Mindful Kids Miami, Baptist Health, UM and others.


IDEAS ON ART: “The act of making allows me to explore my vulnerability and fleeting presence of life. I am interested in the times where the walls that seem to separate us dissolve. I paint as a metaphoric living, breathing process that holds and releases dynamic tensions where earth and sky dance together as interchangeable parts of the whole. Currently, I am working on an immersive, interactive, multi-media installation expressing the immense beauty and profound inhumanity in our world.” 


WEBSITE:janetslom.com



Paintings by Janet Slom

 

Paintings and drawings by artist Janet Slom capture the intense energy of dance, light and African traditions. Exploring themes of interconnectedness, impermanence and transformation. 

 

About this Work

 

This group of African-inspired work invites viewers into a dynamic visual experience. Vibrant forms and figures emerge like a vortex or tornado from works on canvas, paper and mylar. Ms. Slom explores being present with life's intensity, alive in the dark of night, as well as themes of interconnectedness, impermanence.

 

 

Born in South Africa, Janet Slom, MFA, is on the faculty of Lehigh University's Lacocca Institute.

 

 

www.janetslom.com 

 

Interconnectedness, Janet Slom,
Mixed media on canvas, 45” by 35”

ARTIST RENDERING
From her studio in Westport, artist Janet Slom produces entrancing paintings that are magical concoctions of ethereal light, layered color, and abstract lines
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Previous Press

Janet Slom Exhibit at the United Nations,
New York, NY
June 1 – June 27, 1999
UN Delegation: “Regeneration: Rebuilding Torn Societies”

June 1 – June 27, 1999, United Nations, New York, NY
At the exhibit titled “Regeneration: Rebuilding Torn Societies,” works by South African artist Janet Slom were exhibited. Shown above is a photo of Janet at the exhibition, describing her work to Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United  Nations. This exhibition is part of a UN delegation conference with representatives from around the globe coming together on the theme of ‘Rebuilding Torn Societies.’

Having exhibited at distinguished galleries in the U.S. and Europe, Janet Slom was invited to participate in Rebuilding Torn Societies as her work is strongly influenced by the complex politics, traditions, culture and society of her native South Africa. This body of work, “Shambhala” honors the decades of struggle and triumph of the people of South Africa.

The works featured at the United Nations capture images that revealed themselves through the artistic process and bear witness to what was seen in South Africa. They express the voice that, in the midst of upheaval, inhumanity and injustice, is a call to pay attention, take action, and come together to create something new.
These paintings point to the recognition that our humanity is greater than any atrocity, and that now is the moment to create something new, and to come through the darkness, into light. Shambhala represents the opposing forces in life in relationship to a collective consciousness of universality and is the name of a legendary Himalayan kingdom, symbolizes the Tibetan belief that a harmonious and meaningful existence is possible through gentleness, courage, and self-knowledge.
Part of United Nations Exhibition by Janet Slom, 1999
New York, May 1994 - ARTspeak
Janet Slom restores the spiritual to abstraction