DVAA Member since 2021

Pomona Za

WEBSITE: pomonaza.com

About:

Pomona (b.1984) is based in Philadelphia. They earned a BFA from the University of the Arts and a Master's in Library Science from Drexel. With interests ranging from experimental performance to traditional still life painting, they are currently attending to paintings from the Imagination.

Artist Statement:

I am working on a large series of small oil paintings. I am interested in creating psychological spaces of mystery and expansive symbolism. Central to my practice is an apprenticeship to signs and the pursuit of an open signifier. I try to decipher the meaning of the images, individually and in concert. I work in multiples to encourage deeper attention. My work has also revealed depictions of agency and potency. Within this broader theme, I am interested in an emerging series of The Hero’s Journey as a metaphor for psychological individuation. I work with images drawn from collage, dreams, visions, and texts.