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Artist Statement
I am relaxed and free when I start a painting and I call it finished when I see it as beautiful. As I work, I rotate the canvas from time to time so that when the painting is finished, it makes sense in all four orientations. Because of the freedom built into the paintings, what we see is coming from inside us and may be different from what others see. With an open heart and mind, we may learn something about ourselves from my paintings: something fresh, something unique, something beautiful.
-Tia Vellani, 2026 Artist Biography
Tia Vellani is a visual artist, amateur musician, and former scientist based in Kilkenny, Ireland. Drawing inspiration from the visual language of art, the sonic language of music, the body language of dance, and the abstract language of science, she explores questions about music, emotion, and creativity. How does music move us? What is lost in translation when music is interpreted as visual art or vice versa? What is learned? What happens when instead of dancing to the music, we write music to the dance. How can evolutionary biology help us write music? Why do we play music anyway? How does the creative spark manifest as dance? As painting? Where does creative inspiration come from?
In addition to her individual art work, she produces multimedia projects, inviting other visual artists, musicians, composers, scientists, mathematicians, and dancers to explore these ideas collaboratively. Her installations, playable sculptures, sound art, science-inspired jewellery, paintings, collages, digital art, and glass bead tapestries of music have been exhibited in Europe and North America. She has facilitated international discussions among artists and scientists about the connections between Art and Science. She recently completed an Advanced Certificate in Fine Arts from the College of Further Education and Training in Kilkenny. She graduated with a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology in Canada and conducted research in the USA at the University of Miami and in Ireland at Teagasc Crop Sciences. She holds a Grade IX Royal Conservatory of Music certification in piano and has played and sung in many amateur musical ensembles. She is a member of Visual Artists Ireland, Irish Music Rights Organisation, and Artlinks. |
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Alice Hudder James Delaney Jass Vellani Joanne Mullins Krithika Subramanian Maria-Elena Jockovich Mizan Livingston Morgan Reisinger Niall McLoughlin Tom Sheehan Shaelin Vellani Susan Fernandez Adorable critter drawings by Shaelin Vellani. @thepointofneedles
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