38" x 50"
Oil on Octagon Canvas 2024
@m.sarts
Meera Dinh is a Vietnamese artist based in Toronto who specializes in oil painting. Her work delves into the complexity of female identity, transforming personal and external experiences into dynamic compositions rich with intimacy, eroticism, and transformation.
She completed her Honours BFA in Drawing and Painting at OCAD University in 2024 and is the recipient of the 2024 Akin Career Launcher and Career Launcher Fund RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers award. Her exhibitions include “Facing Forward” Juried Show at Marianne van Silfhout Gallery in Brockville, “GradEx 109” at OCAD University, “Marooned,” and “Silent Shout” at Ada Slaight Gallery.
THE STORY:
I am captivated by the intricate relationship between the hidden sanctum of the soul and the psychological constraints imposed by the female body. My works emerge from the shadows and primality of my existence, diving into the roots and marrows of my female identity, the birth of the struggle to understand my own nature.
Beginning from the spontaneity of my subconscious and the appearance of personal symbols, I extract fleeting images and blend them with the erotic. Through the delicate layers of oil paint, I uncover the liminality between the conscious and unconscious mind, weaving my own narrative of introspection. Each stroke reveals a hidden truth, confronting and liberating, lamenting the inherent absurdity in life, the sense of alienation, and the tendency to become slavish not only to societal expectations but also to my emotions. My art is an open gate into my most intimate space - where my lies are unwrapped and my vulnerability is divulged.
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