JAI Featured Member/February 2025
Randi Matushevitz
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JAI Featured Member
Randi Matushevitz
February 2024
JAI Featured Member
Randi Matushevitz
February 2024
Randi Matushevitz is a visual artist based in Los Angeles known for her large-scale mixed media drawings, video, installation and digital projects that explore the subjective nature of human understanding and connection.
Matushevitz is a recipient of a California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship 2023-24, Curator’s Choice Award Video Installation 2024, Safe Spaces Exhibition, Art Connect Society, and Finalist Money For Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund 2024. Her artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally including, Projecting Possibilities Los Angeles, Jerusalem Biennale, and Las Vegas Art Museum. Public acquisitions include Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Marjorie Barrick Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV and the Enter Art Foundation, Berlin, Germany.
Bibliography includes Contemporary Art Curator, Riot Material, Whitehot Magazine, Huffington Post, Diversions LA, Canvas Rebel, Carpazine Magazine and Coagula Art Journal.
A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T
In my multidisciplinary approach, I explore the sublime and grotesquerie of the human condition. Using a variety of media; drawing, painting, digital and installation I can choose the aesthetic that best conveys the content. My partnership with traditional and digital media, including AI, allows me to beg the question of human connection, empathy and identity while creating a new reality from fiction.
With gratitude,
Randi
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Drawings from The WILD WILD delve into the depths of human emotions in surrealistic environments that unveil the shadows that reside within our collective psyche. This environment is a response to the societal norms surrounding personal stories that push the boundaries of conventional aesthetics of privacy, personal comfort and belonging.
Through evocative imagery, symbolism and often unsettling subject matter, the drawings invite the viewer to confront their fears, explore innermost complexities and contemplate the inherent dichotomy of the human experience. It serves as a poignant reminder that belonging and healing can be found in the most unlikely places. Even within the struggle of life’s imperfections and uncertainties there is a profound allure and an opportunity for introspection and personal growth.
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Thank you!
About JAI
Jewish Artists Initiative (JAI) is a Southern California organization committed to supporting Jewish artists and arts professionals. JAI aspires to be an agent of transformative change by organizing provocative exhibitions and thoughtful programs promoting diverse dialogue about Jewish identity and experiences. Founded in 2004, JAI remains committed to fostering Jewish culture in our community and beyond.
MISSION AND HISTORY
JAI was conceived by the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles in 2004. It was originally in partnership with the University of Southern California Casden Institute and the USC Roski School of Art and Design. For many years we have been under the fiscal sponsorship of the Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity. Members include primarily artists, as well as curators and art historians based in Southern California. The artists go through a jurying process to be admitted as members.
We have collaborated with a great range of Southern California institutions including American Jewish University, Hebrew Union College, UCLA Hillel and USC Hillel as well as a variety of art galleries and public spaces. We have also worked and exhibited in institutions in other parts of the United States and Israel such as the Jewish Art Salon, Hebrew Union College, New York, the New York UJA and the Jerusalem Biennale.
JAI BOARD MEMBERS
Bill Aron, Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik, Anne Hromadka Greenwald, Gilah Yelin Hirsch, Sagi Refael, Doni Silver Simons, Hillel Smith, Debra Sokolow, Ruth Weisberg, Cathy Weiss
How to Become a JAI Member: JAI welcomes applications for membership from artists and arts professionals. For how to apply and to view the selection criteria click on Join JAI in the navigation links at the top or bottom of any page. Questions: contact JAI at admin@jaisocal.org