Artist StatementWhen I make a painting, I don’t want to paint a realistic moment in time. I want to create a scene that exists outside time or space in a dream world full of bizarre juxtapositions, fantastic elements, and mystery. I want my paintings to be beautiful but also disconcerting—perhaps even disturbing at times. My paintings are always autobiographical and spring from things that are on my mind—whether they are problems in the world at large or issues specific to my own experience. Growing up I moved frequently between cities, states, and countries, and places divided by distance and time felt close together and related in my mind. This translates in my most recent work as I rearrange geography, time, history, memories, elements and people into a magical realist landscape.
BiographyBekka was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, but moved around quite a bit growing up before landing in Massachusetts. Places she lived included Berkeley CA, Los Angeles, CA, Middlebury, VT, and Jerusalem, Israel. She has a BA from Brandeis University in Painting with a minor in Creative Writing and an MFA in Cinema-Television Production from the University of Southern California. She currently works at Massachusetts College of Art & Design. She can often be found exploring the Boston area by bicycle with her dog, Shino.
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Contact me with any questions or for my list of available artwork: bekka [at] bekkateerlink.com
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