BÉA AARONSON

Keep the inner child alive!

Born in Paris in 1956. A self-taught multimedia artist, published poet, essayist, art critic, international lecturer and independent scholar, stage and movie performer, Aaronson holds a BA Honors in Art History, an MA in French Literature and a PhD in Philosophy and Comparative Literature. Her book Baudelaire-Miller Sexual Squalor in Paris, which she illustrated with ink drawings, is now the property of Harvard Private Book Collection.

She was three times the official Poster Artist for Piccolo Spoleto in Charleston SC, in 1989, 2001, and 2005.

"It feels as if 50 different artists live inside of me!

What counts are the images being birthed, following the heartbeat of my plural identity. And no hierarchy! Photographs, watercolors, oils or acrylics, drawings, collages, assemblages, sculptures (bronze, wood, clay, welded metal, found objects), poems, plays, short stories... Harnessing the energies of the ceaseless becoming life is all about. So? An "ism" on what I do? Impossible! Mostly Dada and Surrealism though, figurative or non-figurative, with symbolist Nawal imagery, and outbursts of expressionism, constructivism, black and white, colors... Authenticity above all!"