Jasna Samarin - The Hidden Cosmos

Jasna Samarin presents her latest cycle The Hidden Cosmos.

“…In the last cycle, Jasna focuses on brain cells, neurons, which, like tiny invisible universes, guide our actions. The basis of her works are video recordings and microscopic photographs of damaged or altered neurons under the influence of various substances or neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Pick’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and ALS. These cells are the painter’s inspiration, a visual problem that she tries to bring closer to the viewer with magnification – the small fragments in front of us come to life on the big canvas in a form that we have already seen somewhere, which draws us in.”...

Painter Jasna Samarin (1966, Ljubljana) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design with prof. Emeric Bernard in Ljubljana. She graduated in 1989. As a scholarship recipient of the French government, she studied at the Beaux Arts in Paris (ENSBA) between 1990 and 1991, and between 1989 and 1992 she also continued her postgraduate studies in painting at the ALUO in Ljubljana with prof. Emeric Bernard. Since her first solo presentation in 1989 at the Cultural Center in Reka (Croatia), she has had more than thirty solo exhibitions at home and abroad. She has also participated in many national and international group exhibitions since 1988. Since 1989, she has been a member of ZDSLU. She was awarded several times. In 1991, she received the commendation of the French government in Paris, in 1992 the redemption award at the ex-tempore in Piran, the 1995 redemption award of the City of Ljubljana, in 2007 the honorary award at the ZDSLU May Salon and in 2023 the bronze award at the international label biennale. Her works can be found in some important collections.” From the brochure of curator Saša Bučan.

“For me, painting is not only the silent weaving of the inner spiritual world with the help of artistic language into a painting, but rather it is a constant questioning of the understanding of what is already known and the improvement of this only with the help of painting invention, originality and spontaneity. The essence of a painting is also that it does not only come from invention, but also preserves the ability to contemplate, as only the latter establishes an authentic dialogue with the viewer.” Jasna Samarin