James Siena Prints and Multiples
American artist James Siena is celebrated for his inimitable process of creating intricate abstractions, driven by a practice of self-imposed rules termed visual algorithms.
Siena preemptively determines his marks and actions and repeats them procedurally as his works result in intensely concentrated, vibrantly colored, freehand compositions. His oeuvre often references diagrams, complex puzzles, labyrinths, and mapping, resulting in inward meditations that actively engage traditions of pattern and mark-making in an ongoing exploration of scale, materiality, and interaction of color.
Maneuvering across a diverse range of mediums, including painting, sculpture, drawing, lithography, etching and woodcuts, Siena’s work has placed him firmly within the canon of contemporary American art. For more than four decades, Siena’s rule-based linear abstractions have been strongly associated with the machine / human interface.
“The way the paintings act as machines,” the artist has pointed out, “is you have to find your way into them and find your way out of them.”
Born in Oceanside, California, in 1957, Siena lives and works in New York, NY, and Otis, MA.
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(Biography provided by Miles McEnery Gallery)
1990s James Siena Prints and Multiples
Engraving, Aquatint
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric James Siena Prints and Multiples
Etching
2010s Abstract Geometric James Siena Prints and Multiples
Offset, Graphite, Pencil, Lithograph
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric James Siena Prints and Multiples
Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric James Siena Prints and Multiples
Screen
1970s Abstract Geometric James Siena Prints and Multiples
Color, Etching, Aquatint
1960s Surrealist James Siena Prints and Multiples
Color, Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric James Siena Prints and Multiples
Offset
1950s Abstract Geometric James Siena Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1960s Abstract Geometric James Siena Prints and Multiples
Color, Screen
2010s Abstract Geometric James Siena Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1970s Abstract Geometric James Siena Prints and Multiples
Aquatint
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric James Siena Prints and Multiples
Screen
1960s Abstract Geometric James Siena Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
2010s Abstract Geometric James Siena Prints and Multiples
Screen
1970s Abstract Geometric James Siena Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1970s Abstract Geometric James Siena Prints and Multiples
Screen
Early 2000s James Siena Prints and Multiples
Screen