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Infiniti Whitley a.k.a ArtsyChiitos

Infiniti Whitley is a St. Louis native, mixed media artist. She graduated from St. Louis Community College in 2019 with an honorific AFA – Art Education and is currently pursuing a BFA at Fontbonne University. She has displayed work at Ferguson Sculptureworks art gallery “Mystics and Materials”. Her works reflect that inwardness, being greatly inspired by thought. Infiniti exploits the organic properties of fluid art in stark contradiction to straight geometric lines and representational forms. Her use of primary colors juxtapose black and white, representing the multiplicity of human emotion. The more complex aspects are represented through the randomness of design in the media. Her artistic interests continue to evolve, experimenting in fiber arts and design.

In 2018, she began using her passion for art education to start Infiniti Crafting Company, a sole proprietor committed to teaching the fiber arts online. From here, she began a career in crochet and knitwear design as she continued her undergraduate studies. While this micro business became her priority, she still continues to create art under the pseudonym, ArtsyChiitos. Infiniti has taken a small hiatus from producing paintings as she continues to focus on her business. However, she has begun to fall in love with creating again through ceramics. Ultimately, it is Infiniti's goal to inspire others to use their creative gifts for their own cathartic release. By building Infiniti Crafting Company, Infiniti has found a way to use her decade of artistic experience to create a world of intrigue for herself and others.

Education

2020-

Bachelor in Fine Arts - Studio Concentration in Painting and Ceramics, Business Administration Minor
Fontbonne University

Experiencing a rich, studio intensive curriculum, Infiniti sought to find ways to enrich her business experience as she completed her undergraduate education. She became enchanted by the challenges of 3D art and changed her concentration from solely painting to add on ceramics. While deepening her knowledge of business management, Infiniti found a way to blend her love for fine art with her fiber arts business.

2016-2019

Associate in Fine Arts - Art Education
St. Louis Community College

A studio intensive fine arts path that also incorporated teacher education in its curriculum. Students graduated prepared to further their education in a BFA, with half the courses required for K- 12 teaching certification.

Infiniti was the president of the Fine Arts Club from 2019 - 2020.

Campus Peer/ Orientation Leader from 2017 - 2020 where she aided in student acclimation to the college environment.

Artist Statement

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Fluid Art - Ravena

I was commissioned in late April of 2021 and given full artistic liberty outside of the color scheme of gold, black, red, and white.

This piece reminded me of the golden mirror from Snow White and the Huntsman, so I named it after the evil queen.

Materials: Acrylic & Tempra

Measurements: 30”x40”

c. May 2021

Commissioned/Sold

Fluid Art - Conundrum

Tempra & Acrylic on 10" x 10" canvas with holographic fleck.
May 2021

NFS

Abstract Expressionism - Creationism

This piece was one that challenged me to venture outside of my comfort zone. It is representative of how intricate, chaotic, and beautiful creation is. In my experience, the execution of the work is never initially clear. It is the mess of ideas and color that come together that form a surprising end result.

Measurements: 30” x 40”
Materials: Acrylic on Canvas

c. April 2019

Available/TBA

Geometrics on Monochrome

For my Design II final, I were tasked with creating work inspired by the artist, Bryce Hudson. The minimum size requirement was 8” x 10” and we also had to use black , white, and gray in the composition. This assignment was optional for me but I enjoyed the design process so much that I took it on anyhow. I added my own twist to this project, opting for using fluid art in juxtaposition to geometric forms.

Measurements: 24” x 36”

Materials: Acrylic & Tempra on Canvas

c. May 2019
NFS

Acrylic Pour - Shetland Veins

This was a light-hearted acrylic pour that I made for my YouTube channel on St. Patrick’s Day.

Measurements: 12” x 12”
Materials: Acrylic, Tempra, & Resin on Canvas

c. March 2019

NFS

Acrylic Pour - First Day of Autumn

This pour was done in celebration of my favorite season beginning in 2019. It is composed of two separate acrylic pours. The spreading of the paint was facilitated by shifting the surface around at different time intervals.

Measurements: 16” x 20”
Materials: Acrylic Paint & Silicone Oil on Canvas

c. September 2019

Available: $85

Introspection Series Pt. III - Weight

The Introspection series began in 2019 as a way for me to express extreme emotions. Ultimately, venting while adding touches of levity for public viewing. The concept has always involved representative elements along with fluid art to create a sense of disassociation.
In recent years, I've toyed with the idea of combining representational, fluid, and geometric elements into one piece. Creating a puzzle for the mind.

This triptych was featured in an undergraduate gallery in April 2023.

This series is comprised of 3 - 30" x 40" canvas. Frames made by hand.

Canvases are hung 16.24" apart at 76.25" high.

Total Size: 90" x 40"

Pastel, Tempra, & Acrylic on Canvas.

Price: $6,640

Availability: For Sale - Email for inquiry.

Introspection III (a)

The extended arm of the first panel represents accepting the hand that is dealt. The black, white, and gray represents the good, the bad, and the muddled silver lining that often accompanies life. The combined material is flowing into an open hand with few other options but to take on the mess. The shapes are painted with the primary colors to represent individual, but jumbled up emotions of happiness, anger, and grief. In this rendition, I experimented with negative spaces and unfinished shapes to reflect how nothing is certain. These open spaces can be perceived as alternative pathways to some solution.

Introspection III (b)

The center panel represents a cleansing of the heart. Though some of those basic emotions remain, most of the negativity has been processed and flushed from the core. I used darker pigment toward the top of the heart to hint at unresolved conflict or turmoil. The inky color is pumped through the heart only to come out of the bottom end in a crashing wave of white and gray. This is to say that it is possible to regain positivity from dark times. Unframed, the piece also represents the unboundedness that is the healing of the human heart.

Introspection III (c)

The final panel is symbolic of letting go of all of that. The mixture of emotion is being released from a hand that is willing to release the weight of all those experiences.

Introspection IV Sound of Vibrance

I am often inspired by music and the mood it sets. Sometimes a melody resonates so deeply that I find myself listening to it ad nauseam, until it creates a visual in my mind's eye. In this piece, I wanted to represent a chaotic vibration with the primary colors to represent the physical feeling that music often has to me. The black, white and gray shapes represent ideas that form and bounce around while the right song is playing.

I used to think that this was an odd process for kindling my creativity. From this single painting, I conjure up a plethora of vivid emotions, most of them happy, and a sense of nostalgia.

c. April 2023

Materials: Acylic, Chalk Pastel & Tempera on Canvas.

Size: 14" unframed but wired/ ready to hang.

Price: $85

Availability: TBD

My artwork indulges my own introspection. Each piece is a private journey through the components of one's soul, broken into simplistic forms that viewers must interpret. The flow of colors and implied lines is a loose pathway around the subject matter. The dynamic streaks of color create a dialogue between the abstraction, geometric shapes, and representational elements. The strong symbolism behind each work leaves the viewer to form their own relationship with the material.

How To Purchase

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