Inspired by art that crawls under the skin to disturb the viewer, yet is at the same time inexplicably beautiful, Tanisha Caravello creates images which mirror human memory and perception – distorted and fragmented. These images are reminiscent of black-and-white photography, with bold three-dimensionality and powerful, stark contrast of light and shadow. Her goal as an artist is to affect the viewer on an intimate and visceral level – whether consciously or subconsciously, to alter perception and to challenge assumptions. She strives to shed the fear of vulnerability, fear of criticism, and the entrapments of “marketability” – to break down the barriers of emotional inhibition which may prevent her from producing the most raw and honest art possible. Tanisha, born an only child in Eugene, Oregon, is a self-taught artist and a molecular geneticist. She fled from poverty and her parents’ drug addiction to live on the streets of Portland when she was fifteen years old. She has since lived in Seattle, Chicago, and California, and currently lives in Portland with her boyfriend and two cats. She paints, travels the world, reads, writes, runs, plays guitar, brews beer, and is teaching herself how to speak Spanish and Italian.

Exhibits

• I Am Therefore I Think 3 - view pieces (4)