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Nature Mother, Mixed Media, 36″x36″ 
Future Minded, Mixed Media/Wood Assemblage 
Thinks She’s Cute, Mixed Media/Wood Assemblage 
98°, Mixed Media, 36″x36″ 
Joker, Mixed Media, 30″x40″ 
King of Hearts, Mixed Media, 30″x40″ 
Queen of Hearts, Mixed Media, 30″x40″ 
In Our Image (diptych), Mixed Media, 48″x60″ 
Surveyor, Mixed Media, 48″x60″ 
Conscience, Wood Assemblage/Mixed Media 
Bewildered, Wood Assemblage/Mixed Media 
It’s Complicated, Wood Assemblage/Mixed Media 
Coat of Favor, Mixed Media, 36″x48″ 
See How I Sing, Mixed Media, 36″x48″ 
Caduccus Remaster (Diptych), Linocut Print, 51″x38″ 
Caduccus Remaster (Diptych), Linocut Print, 51″x38″ 
In the Beginning, Wood Assemblage/Mixed Media 
SOLD BRAID’N, Acrylic on canvas, 36″x48″ 
Transplant, Mixed Media, 48″x60″ 
Do Not Touch My Hair, Mixed Media, 48″x60″ 
SOLD Self-Hug, Wood Assemblage/Mixed Media, 24″x48″ 
She Said, Mixed Media, 36″x48″
It’s Complicated…An Investigation into the Complexities of Relationships
When used to define the relationship, the uttered words, “it’s complicated” suggest hidden or unexplained snags, trickiness or entanglement that blur the beauty of the bond. In her first east coast solo show, Yemonja selects and assembles mixed media to convey the complexities that color relationships. In this investigative show, she explores both a metaphorical and literal process of breaking, tearing, hiding, layering and cementing to yield insight into what creates and maintains unions.
Through deconstructed and re-assembled materials, Yemonja presents multifaceted layers of said connections with precision. The chemistry of colors combined are held together. Even in fracture, everything remains whole. She presents reflections of life/death, self-love, soul-ties, and work-life balance to name a few, for viewer dialogue.
About the Artist:
Dr. Yemonja Smalls is an artist with very little formal artistic training. Originally from Hershey, PA, but a recent Chicago, IL to Baltimore, MD transplant, she works in the Maryland Department of Health’s Developmental Disabilities Administration.
Yemonja completed her pre-doctoral internship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Kennedy Krieger Institute, and received her doctorate from Louisiana State University in clinical psychology. She is expanding her clinical skills with a master’s degree in Art Therapy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and has interned at sites supporting adults with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, as well as African American teenage girls who experienced life trauma, and family caregivers who may be subject to secondary trauma, compassion fatigue and burnout.
Yemonja’s various creations have been exhibited in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, on the set of the famous Fox Hit TV show “Empire”, Harold Washington Library, South Side Community Art Center, Gallery Guichard, Howard University, Hill Center Galleries, the Sojourner Family Peace Center among others, and reside in various private collections across the nation.
www.YemonjaPaints.com
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