Ricky Vasan finds vibrant, insight in seemingly minor moments, giving visual life to the unique flow of emotions and perspective that emerge in any gathering. Finding an aesthetic mode to depict disparities in time, mood, and feeling, Ricky's compositions find new expression for emotions both big and small. In this particular painting, Ricky investigates the experience of intmacy across time zones, where immigrants have to reconcile distinct experiences of the day while maintaining connection. Represented through Ricky's signature vibrant use of color and texture, Ricky finds a language for intimacy across borders.

Ricky Vasan (b. 2001, Dehradun, India) is a
representational painter currently based in Boston Massachusetts. Vasan
has been exhibiting in local galleries in the New England area and has
received the George Nick award, The Rob Moore Grant in painting and
recently his painting ʻTwo Aliens Share A Beerʼ was awarded best in
show for the Cambridge Art Associationʼs annual National Prize Show.

Vasan
draws from his inter-cultural experiences and aims to produce work
that speaks to a diverse audience, he is interested in representing his
personal truth on the canvas while taking into account formal and
conceptual considerations derived from the complex history of painting.

Predominantly Vasan's work focuses on domesticity and the
celebration of the mundane. The minutiae of life serves as the artistʼs
prelude. Through an autobiographical lens, Vasan works to create
smaller narratives, showcasing moments, spaces and people that are
personally significant, while also expanding on memory and nostalgia.
Itʼs interesting that for Vasan, who is also a musician, dissonance is
at the core of his artistic practice. The haziness of memory, the
distortion of events, the warping of recording time, are all
explorations he undertakes. Under the umbrella of realism, Vasan delves
into the multiplicity of time, turning the photographs that begin his
process into a depiction that is far from linear.