Artists Registry

My current body of work expresses the theme of the desire to be anonymous in the city yet belonging to the city. The tapestry of its structure, functionality and organization is a comforting and familiar space to blend into. Anyone can effortlessly disappear into the background and slip in and out of its architectural lines and geometry. As seasons change and day moves into night, the city remains constant and solid. There is a privilege and the luxury of remaining a stranger, pleasantly aloof, comfortably foreign. Anonymously populated yet silently connected to its energy that makes up the beauty of the city. The simple and forgotten pleasure of being anonymous if only for a moment….
My approach in manifesting the outcome of each piece is an accumulation of all my life’s experiences and world travels resulting in layers upon layers of textures, colors, and materials on canvas. The final piece reveals itself in an intuitive manner never to be recreated. Isolating the process and end product is one of kind, capturing the moment making it permanent. Memories, emotions and ideas are processed by experimenting with mixed mediums allowing the experience to just happen. It is all created by chance and feeling, there is nothing forced or planned, it naturally evolves as it should in its own time effortlessly. The final piece is a multi layered, rich, captivating surface that draws you in as you discover various subtleties throughout, evoking curiosity to what lies beneath.
Joanna Cutri, a Los Angeles native, has an extensive visual arts background beginning at the Los Angeles High School for the Arts. She continued her studies at the Cleveland Institute of Art and in Cortona, Italy. Joanna received her Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from the University of Georgia in 1998.
Her world travels began while living in Italy. After graduation, her wanderlust led her around the globe, influencing her art along the way.
Joanna's exposure to different cultures and genres of art has greatly impacted how she creates and approaches her own work. Her complex, personal style combines various mixed media and collage elements, resulting in layer upon layer of color, texture and imagery.
Currently, Joanna lives and works in Bali, Indonesia, where her vision of life and art are inspired by nature and the rich creative lifestyle of the Balinese. Joanna has had numerous exhibitions in southeast Asia, Australia, South Africa as well as in the US