MIA FARRINGTON
CREATURES OF LIGHT
MAY 10 - JUNE 8, 2024
OPENING RECEPTION
FRIDAY, MAY 10th, 2024
5-8 PM
ON VIEW
MAY 10 - JUNE 8, 2024
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Chefas Projects is delighted to present Creatures of Light, the third solo exhibition by Portland-based artist Mia Farrington. Farrington delves into themes of perfectionism and facades through her bold yet elegant abstractions. By balancing form and color against a uniquely textural backdrop, each painting becomes a representation of her quest for balance and simplicity.
Creatures of Light follows Mia Farrington’s longstanding, meticulous exploration of the relationship between form and color. Her new work expands her oeuvre of bold, hard-edged geometric abstraction by incorporating raw linen and cotton canvases. Inspired by the prismatic colors of natural light and their impact on our existence, Farrington creates calming, meditative arrangements by juxtaposing shapes. Stoic onyx forms and vivid hues engage in elegant dialogues atop rustic, textured linen and ink-stained cotton. Farrington isolates and magnifies specific color variants found in natural settings, inviting viewers to resonate with indefinable emotions, relying on our personal associations to imbue the work with meaning. While her paintings initially appear as pitch-perfect compositions from a distance, closer inspection reveals subtle imperfections— the painter’s hand, irregularities in the linen— echoing the flawed beauty inherent in our relationships with ourselves and others.
Mia Farrington, born in Vermont and currently residing and working in Portland, Oregon, earned a BA in Studio Art with a concentration in painting and a minor in Art History from the University of Vermont in 2004. Her work has been showcased in solo and group exhibitions in Portland, Seattle, New York, and North Carolina.
The opening reception for Creatures of Light will take place at Chefas Projects on Friday, May 10th, 2024, from 5-8 pm. Located at 134 SE Taylor Street, Portland, Oregon, on the first floor of the Taylor Works building, Chefas Projects welcomes the public to explore this unique exhibition, on view through June 8, 2024.
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Photo credit: Mario Gallucci