San Francisco-based artist Tiffany Bozic is a self-taught talent whose work is inspired by the overflow of life’s complex tangles and informed by her extensive travel to wild places. Drawing from her background in Natural Science (specifically, her study of research specimens at the California Academy of Sciences), her Gothic spin on Audubon-style naturalism communicates through elaborate metaphors.
Her current exhibition’s title, Confiding to Strangers, gets at the deeply personal nature of her allegories. “Each painting is about the intimate struggles we share with other living creatures,” she explains. “I use examples from nature to help me describe these increasingly complex emotions, expanding my own metaphorical language. These works are small reminders that we are nature; connected to everything.”
See more of Bozic’s work at her website; download her new exhibition catalog; read her recent Elle Magazine feature; and if you’re in New York, catch the show at Joshua Liner Gallery.
Tiffany Bozic, Under My Skin, 2010. Acrylic on maple panel. 42 x 32 in. Courtesy of Joshua Liner Gallery
Tiffany Bozic, Toxic Longing, 2010. Acrylic on maple panel. 49 x 32 in. Courtesy of Joshua Liner Gallery
Tiffany Bozic, White Chalk, 2010. Acrylic on maple panel. 45 x 35 in. Courtesy of Joshua Liner Gallery
Tiffany Bozic, The Raft, 2009. Acrylic on maple panel. 42 x 36 in. Courtesy of Joshua Liner Gallery
Tiffany Bozic, Shaped by Reaction, 2010. Acrylic on maple panel. 49 x 32 in. Courtesy of Joshua Liner Gallery
Tiffany Bozic, Passion in Paradise, 2010. Acrylic on maple panel. 46 x 30 in. Courtesy of Joshua Liner Gallery
Tiffany Bozic, Succubus, 2010. Acrylic on maple panel. 38 x 30 in. Courtesy of Joshua Liner Gallery
Tiffany Bozic, Common Enemy, 2010. Acrylic on maple panel. 29 x 37 in. Courtesy of Joshua Liner Gallery
Tiffany Bozic, Priceless, 2010. Acrylic on maple panel. 22 x 28 in. Courtesy of Joshua Liner Gallery
Tiffany Bozic, One of a Kind, 2010. Acrylic on maple panel. 24 x 24 in. Courtesy of Joshua Liner Gallery
Tiffany Bozic, Finding Real, 2010. Acrylic on maple panel. 24 x 18 in. Courtesy of Joshua Liner Gallery
Tiffany Bozic, Eat or Be Eaten, 2010. Acrylic on maple panel. 24 x 18 in. Courtesy of Joshua Liner Gallery
Tiffany Bozic, Oxytocin, 2010. Acrylic on maple panel. 18.5 x 18.5 in. Courtesy of Joshua Liner Gallery
Tiffany Bozic, The Birds and the Bees, 2010. Watercolor on paper. 24 x 18 in. Courtesy of Joshua Liner Gallery
Tiffany Bozic, Hidden Shapes, 2010. Watercolor on paper. 24 x 18 in. Courtesy of Joshua Liner Gallery