Rachel Jag
Artist/
Artist
Rachel Jag
Artist
Bio
Rachel Jag, a self-taught artist, currently based in Vienna, was born in former Soviet Union (Russia) in 1985.
After finishing at the Sigmund Freud High School, she went on to study at the “Graphische”, a college for Print, Prepress and Media Technology, after which she worked as a graphic designer and web developer. At a young age, she was involved in various music projects as a singer and songwriter, and came to visual arts through listening to melodies that made a big impact on her. Since then, she explores the relation between color and sound, and has moved to the artistic field of visual arts.
STATEMENT:
“My artwork is never about what ‘I’ want to see, more importantly it is about what is being shown to me and what comes through me. When it’s done, I just put it away, I don’t look for any single ‘interpretation’ or ‘message’, or some sort of translation into words. I prefer to call it a careful ‘approach’ to something undiscovered, or even unknown. I might receive answers on an emotional level, but this could happen after several months, several years, or even never”.
Exploring the approach to the unknown, trying to get closer to the creative process of turning one flash of inspiration in a single moment into something with a life of its own, is the most fascinating to the artist.
Every single step in the working process is never premeditated. To have trust, to let the ‘unknown be shown’, is often very challenging. The communication between the artist, the source of her inspiration and what is being created on paper opens up new, unseen doors and unexplored fields.