mixed media/ water based
24" x 24" x 0"
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Statement: My goal is to create a diffuse atmospheric space where people can be drawn in, and find the possibility to see or not to see...remote memories, object with lost meanings, archeological discoveries, deep questions, symbols which can be traced from the past, icons from the present and the future, or fragments of coded texts. These images and objects arise from the depth of my mind, where history, legend and fantasy are mixed. I invite the viewer to image what could be deciphered under the apparent scene. The compositions are planned like puzzles to attract the viewer’s attention make them think and provoke intrigue and getting them into a fragile world full of strong sensory atmosphere. Abstract art is something that few people can understand, so I use simple and familiar images to engage them.
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Felisa Federman graduated from the Fine Arts Academy, National School of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she studied painting, weaving, handmade paper and fiber construction. She was awarded an Honorable Mention at the 1989 National Fiber Art competition in Argentina and at “Our Voices, Our Images” in 2003 at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC.

She has participated in more than 40 juried, solo and group exhibitions at art centers, museums, as well as public and private galleries in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Spain and France. Her most recent exhibits were at the Argentinean Embassy and White Cloud Gallery in Washington, DC; Black Rock Art Center in Germantown, and Penn Place Gallery in Kensington, MD and Historic Yellow Spring, Chester Spring, PA

Felisa is a former member of cooperative galleries such as Gallery 10, Washington, DC, and The Art Gallery of Potomac, MD. Her artworks can be found at private collections in several countries, and at the permanent collection of The Latino Museum of Art and History in Los Angeles, and The Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires.

She currently is curating and participation at the textile exhibition; Languages of Fiber at the Goldman Art Gallery, Bender JCC of Greater Washington.
She also currently volunteers at Wheaton Arts Parade and Festival co-leading a Yarn Bomb, Collaborative Public Art Project for Wheaton streets, Montgomery County, MD. She works for Montgomery County Public Schools and several private Art programs.