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jay@jaymiriam.com
I currently live and work in Brooklyn, NY where I reside with my husband and daughter.
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In her large-scale oil paintings, Brooklyn-based artist Jay Miriam finds beauty in the mundane. She examines what lies in the ordinary, captivated by the seemingly small moments of life. Miriam’s contemplative practice involves painting from memory, or imagining new worlds from scratch, and through bold mark making and loose brush strokes, creates stories entirely their own. Known for her portrayals of nude feminine figures, Miriam’s subjects exude a playful sense of mystery. Often there are elements to her paintings that would physically be impossible in the real world, however; in the composition Miriam plays with the movement of the eye to convince the viewer these moments feel right. The perception of the viewer is as important to the whole of the painting as the painting itself. Jay Miriam works with traditional oil techniques, and often paintings take months or up to a year to complete.
Born in New York City (Polish-American, 1990) and raised in Brooklyn, Miriam earned a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art.
" In her large scale oil paintings, Brooklyn-based artist Jay Miriam finds beauty in the mundane. She examines what lies in the ordinary, captivated by the seemingly small moments of life. Miriam’s contemplative practice involves painting from memory, with bold mark making and loose brushstrokes. Known for her portrayals of nude feminine figures, Miriam’s subjects exude a playful sense of mystery. "
- ARTSY
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Jay Miriam’s paintings contain a caldron of earthly delights, dreamscapes and momento mori, stirred up and splayed loose for the hungry viewer.
– Erin Goldberger
Director at Half Gallery, NY NY