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Yuli's artwork mirrors the darkness & the light within our souls. Through surrealistic imagery bearing deeply metaphorical messages, she plays the roles of the Scribe & the Guide as she gently takes us by the hand and leads us on a journey of self discovery… To See the Story Unheard. Although her subject matter is of a very personal nature, she does hold a little back in order to draw us to question meaning to a greater extent – & thus more of ourselves is revealed.
In facing inner shadows & tending to her inner landscape, Yuli developed an awareness & realization of how much she relied on art for its healing nature & how, in creating her artwork, she was not only healing herself, but also helping to heal others. She developed a passion for storytelling & is dedicated to the healing power of art & raising awareness about how art enhances the well-being of individuals, society and the environment and has recently completed her certification as an Art Therapy Life Coach.
Inspired greatly by nature & her strong connection to God/Source, Yuli creates intuitively from “messages & visions” received in dreams, meditation & walks in the forest - her favorite-ist of places! Although her passion lies in visual storytelling through the photographic arts & digital effects, Yuli is a bit of a renaissance woman & is evolving into more of a mixed-medium artist. Primarily, each of her images is comprised of multiple photographs including self-portraits that are melded together with a myriad of digital effects & artfully blended with textures, giving her work an ethereal and other-worldly painterly aesthetic. She calls upon her innate talents in fabrication as needed to create various props, headpieces, wardrobe, & art embellishments such as islands made of wooden matchsticks, armored chiropractic spines, red stands of DNA fortified by little wooden manikins, & honeycomb made from toothpicks! This helps to sprinkle in a sense of whimsy to an otherwise weighty subject matter. For her original works, Yuli then prints the artwork with archival pigment inks onto fine art cotton rag paper & dry-mounts them onto hand-aged wood panels. Once mounted, she hand-embellishes them to further emphasize their painterly qualities & to infuse each piece with the frequencies of love & healing energies through the laying on of hands as well as the absorption of sound frequencies of crystal singing bowls tuned to 432Hz & various other instruments.
She now unites her two loves, art & music/sound, to provide a more immersive & personal experience for the public through holding events at wellness centers & in homes around the Atlanta area. The positive meditative experience as well as the infused energies of the artwork are anchored & integrated into the participants for a longer lasting healing experience.
Yuli currently resides in the Atlanta area. Her artwork has been exhibited locally, regionally, nationally & internationally & has been published in several web-based & print publications.
