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Oil on Canvas

Kuzana Ogg

Artist Kuzana Ogg combines botanical and anthropological forms to describe her relationship to the environment. These abstracted and distilled forms, combined with layers of varying transparency, convey her experiences and memories of life in foreign countries. The titles of Ogg's paintings are not in English. They have been chosen randomly to express the incidental manner of acquiring language as a child in India, and later as an adult on various travels. As such, they are simultaneously non-specific and distinct; reflecting the ambiguity in form and color of the paintings themselves.

Kuzana Ogg was born in Bombay, attended school in Surrey, Kodaikanal, and New York. At an early age, Ogg was introduced to cultures different from her own, and soon cultivated a love of travel. She graduated with a BFA from SUNY Purchase in 1995. Ogg has lived in several foreign countries, most recently; South Korea. Ogg and her husband were in Kyung Ju for 6 years. She recently attended a residency and exhibited her work in Sri Lanka. Currently, Ogg lives in New Mexico with her husband.