Artist Information — Jim Gigurtsis

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I am a multidisciplinary artist with prime focus on painting and drawing, I also work with installation, video, and photography.

My work blurs the line between flesh and feeling—where distortion reveals deeper truths and vulnerability becomes a powerful form of expression. I see the human form as a site of psychological and existential inquiry. Through a process of deconstruction, the work evokes themes of alienation, trauma, and corporeal vulnerability. Figures are rendered in states of flux—distorted yet deeply expressive, inviting viewers into a liminal space between representation and abstraction.

I interrogate the self as fragmented and mutable. The work resists conventional narratives, opting instead for a raw, visceral aesthetic that foregrounds the tensions between beauty and brutality, presence and disintegration.

The figures in my paintings are not portraits in the traditional sense, but manifestations of inner states—fragmented, exposed, and deeply human. Each piece invites confrontation and contemplation, challenging viewers to reflect on the hidden facets of identity, suffering, and desire. An uncompromising exploration of the human condition.

My preferred medium in painting is oils. The multiple layers of paint on the canvas depict the multilayered themes behind the work and the subject. The image is developed by adding and subtracting layers, by using a restricted palette and by optical blending through the use of broken colors.

Inspiration comes from my surroundings, events, news, personal experiences and travel. I rely on images from newspapers, magazines and personal images. Working from images instead of models I allow my emotions, feelings and memories to drive the composition.

Video and installation allows me to move away from the two dimensions of a canvas and complement the viewer’s experience by engaging their auditory and tactical senses more fully.

I am curerntly based in Seminole, Florida, USA. Previously I was in London, England where I exhibited in various venues across London. My work can be found in private and public collections across the world.