Upcoming Exhibition: Tom Pazderka

Tom Pazderka, “Anamnesis,” oil, ash and charcoal on burned panel, 36” x 36”

Tom Pazderka's exhibition "The End is the Beginning" opens with a reception Dec. 6th, 6-8pm at SBCAST! Pazderka, who came to the US from Czechoslovakia at age 12, explains, "The work I’m doing right now is exploring the incompleteness of the immigrant experience. It is something that I found inescapable. The immigrant experience is one of rebuilding a life over elsewhere and the challenges of doing that, while at the same time keeping intact the cultural background from which one came. Everything in my life and practice hinges on this incompleteness. I observe it and I live it daily. It makes life and work interesting, funny and challenging. It is also a very existential way of living life." From an interview with Debra Herrick for LUM Art Zine, full article at https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/tom-pazderka-interview-with-an-inward-immigrant