Artist Statement
I paint from curiosity, and my paintings don't end when I put down the brush.
I'm drawn to moments that resist definition—when something is still taking shape and multiple possibilities can exist at once. Through color, texture, and layered surfaces, I explore those moments without trying to resolve them, allowing tension and calm, strength and vulnerability, clarity and uncertainty to exist side by side.
My process is intuitive and physical. I rarely begin with a fixed image or message. Instead, I respond to what emerges on the canvas, allowing color, materials, and unexpected discoveries to shape the work. I trust the process to take me somewhere I couldn't have planned.
Rather than offering answers, I hope my paintings leave room for personal interpretation. I hope viewers feel free to bring their own memories, emotions, and experiences to the work, trusting their own response rather than searching for a "correct" meaning. Just as a painting evolves through layers during its creation, I hope it continues to evolve through the eyes of the person living with it, revealing something different each time it is revisited.
A painting doesn't need a single meaning to remain meaningful. It has a life of its own.
Bio
Mia Feldman is a New Jersey–based mixed media artist whose work is rooted in curiosity rather than certainty. Working primarily with acrylics on canvas and paper, she creates layered abstract paintings drawn to moments that resist definition—when something is still taking shape and multiple possibilities can exist at once.
Her path to painting has been anything but linear. Before becoming an artist, Mia built careers in fine jewelry, finance, and technology. While these experiences don't define the subjects of her paintings, they continue to shape the perspective from which she creates—one that embraces uncertainty, stays curious, and remains open to possibility.
Her work has been exhibited in New Jersey, and she is currently preparing for her first solo exhibition. Mia lives and works in Westfield, New Jersey, with her husband and three children.
