Vivien Khamis draws upon dark horror and surrealism expressed through a mixture of mediums such as oils, digital illustrations, ink drawings and digital woodcut prints.
The Big Ts and Little Ts in this instance represent “trauma”, and how a life and people’s perceptions can be altered by being in receipt of large-scale traumatic events (“Big T’s”) and the seemingly never-ending death-by-a-thousand cuts of smaller traumas (“Little T’s”).
Khamis spends a lot of time exploring the ... view more »
Vivien Khamis draws upon dark horror and surrealism expressed through a mixture of mediums such as oils, digital illustrations, ink drawings and digital woodcut prints.
The Big Ts and Little Ts in this instance represent “trauma”, and how a life and people’s perceptions can be altered by being in receipt of large-scale traumatic events (“Big T’s”) and the seemingly never-ending death-by-a-thousand cuts of smaller traumas (“Little T’s”).
Khamis spends a lot of time exploring the dark and disturbing, and wants to engage with the viewers of her art on a visceral and personal level. She has always been fascinated with getting people to confront subjects and images they choose to not think about, or simply refuse to think about. Khamis hopes to educate attendees in their own sense of self, wanting them to come away from the work with a range of emotions.
“I’d often get asked what a piece I made is supposed to mean, and I always felt I was doing a disservice by answering,” Khamis said. “I want people to come away with their own ideas. They can be happy, sad, motivating, frightening, or maybe even all of the above. Either way, they’ve learned something about themselves that they might not have learned otherwise.”
About Vivien Khamis
Khamis very much puts her own life experiences into her work. A childhood littered with fragments of memories has very much shaped the artist presenting Big T’s and Little T’s. Khamis credits her art with finally understanding that her own thoughts and experiences can be too difficult to convey into words, instead relying upon her dark, surreal, foreboding work to convey intricate emotions and memories through these visual mediums.
Khamis doesn’t just want to display her work, but wants it to help those who view it, to aid those who may be struggling with their own sense of self, and to aid those who cannot express their deepest thoughts the way they want to. Or, she wishes to aid those who feel voiceless in an increasingly loud world.
About the Full Circle Nine Gallery
The Full Circle Nine Gallery operates as an artist cooperative gallery, with each of the member artists and the board dividing gallery duties and artists roles. The artists will work together to help each other advance in skill and practice, as well as to bring success to the gallery. With over two dozen artists occupying a large, three-room space of the more factory-reminiscent portion of the Circle City Industrial Complex, Full Circle Nine offers a wide variety of art forms, media, and approaches.
The gallery has regular hours: 6-10pm on Fridays, 12-4pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Full Circle Nine Gallery is located at 1125 Brookside Ave., Indianapolis, IN, 46202, in the South Studios section of the Circle City Industrial Complex. For more information, or for artists interested in joining the Full Circle Nine, please visit www.fullcirclenine.com.
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