“REFRACTED LIGHT SERIES” are composed of stacking multiple clear sheets, each one individually hand etched. The pieces reveal themselves through a meditative, self-informing process. Each work is unique. Custom, motion programmed Led Lights are set in the frame, mimicking sunlight/ moonlight, illuminating the markings, creating a delicate, glowing, three-dimensional floating image. The subject matter is elevated to its spiritual essence. Without the light source the image cannot exist.

I explore a universe in constant flux and at the heart of the movement lies stillness, the ‘SPACE’ where the spectator can slow down, reflect and …. Catch their breath.

BIOGRAPHY:

Tatyana Murray was born in London (1973). She now lives and works in New York. Her work has been exhibited in places like New York City, London, Paris, Vienna, Barcelona, Cannes, Venice, Bahamas, California and Hamptons.

“When I was a child I found myself at the bottom of the pool looking up at the water's surface. I recall such a sense of peace basking in the blue and white light. Getting off the plane in New York for the first time in 1996 I had the same overwhelming sensation as I looked up at the crystal clear light emanating down on the city. Ever since those seminal moments I have been very connected with and moved by images of light.

Via a meditative process the pieces reveal themselves through trial and error. The work takes me as well as the audience on a journey of reflection, hope and awakening.

The viewer experiences a tension; playfulness and authority, commerce and culture, tenderness and violence. Through these themes I celebrate life and all its textures, tempos and colors. The intention is to create visually arresting works that make one stop and reflect.”