Flowers of Hope

Flowers of Hope
NOW Project Space
2 March – 7 March. 
411 Monmouth Street
Jersey City, NJ 07302   

“Flowers of Hope” is the seminal work in a series of abstract works of Vikki Michalios, perhaps that best embody the artist’s affinity for Earth’s effort to renew and repair itself, and in process, affirm both life and beauty.

In the aftermath of the 2009 tsunami disaster, the contaminated areas of Fukushima power plant had been sown with sunflowers to absorb and neutralize the toxins in the soil. The result has been huge swaths of yellow flowers, wide fields of astonishing beauty echoing the yellow shimmer of life-giving sunlight. From this statement of hope in the midst of an unparalleled disaster, Ms. Michalios drew the inspiration for the abstract “Fukushima Daiichi”, a series of water-based screen prints that uses art to recognize the tenacity of life itself.

The work of Vikki Michalios is about environmental systems and is inspired by ecological events, contemporary media coverage of them, or legends related to them. Images are composed using one medium or combining methods together including drawing, painting, and a variety of printing including silk screen, dry point, etching, and mono-print.

“Flowers of Hope” is the seminal work in a series of abstract works of Vikki Michalios, perhaps that best embody the artist’s affinity for Earth’s effort to renew and repair itself, and in process, affirm both life and beauty.

In the aftermath of the 2009 tsunami disaster, the contaminated areas of Fukushima power plant had been sown with sunflowers to absorb and neutralize the toxins in the soil. The result has been huge swaths of yellow flowers, wide fields of astonishing beauty echoing the yellow shimmer of life-giving sunlight. From this statement of hope in the midst of an unparalleled disaster, Ms. Michalios drew the inspiration for the abstract “Fukushima Daiichi”, a series of water-based screen prints that uses art to recognize the tenacity of life itself.

The work of Vikki Michalios is about environmental systems and is inspired by ecological events, contemporary media coverage of them, or legends related to them. Images are composed using one medium or combining methods together including drawing, painting, and a variety of printing including silk screen, dry point, etching, and mono-print.