Artist Biography
Seda Pound is known for her boldly colored oil paintings that reinterpret classic landscape themes in a contemporary fashion. With intuition guiding her color choices and composition, Seda paints from photographs and impressions from her travels around the world. She enjoys keeping her subject matter familiar and exploring new palettes, texture and shapes, resulting in paintings that are at once unexpected yet accessible.
“I believe that nature’s bold, saturated colors can trigger strong emotions and touch our souls. I love to create quasi-abstract landscapes to evoke particular moods and feelings with clean composition, color, and geometry. During my painting process, I plan my lines, forms and shapes but I let go with my colors and let my instincts lead the way to create an intuitive harmony. My surroundings continually influence my work, and painting is my way to show the world around us in a new light.”
Seda was born in Ankara, Turkey, and moved to Istanbul in her teen years. Growing up she loved to paint, but when she finished college she moved to the U.S. for an M.B.A. and pursued a career in Business in California. She started painting full time when her family moved to Virginia, where she now works from her home studio and exhibits her paintings through her website, social media, regional galleries and museums.
Artist Statement
In my work, I take a conventional landscape scene and present it in a new light, finding new appreciation for things we sometimes take for granted. I’m intrigued by the process of abstraction - pushing out the boundaries of form to create a deconstructed world, where the visual perception of light and color takes a new shape with clean composition and geometry. I hope that my work evokes an emotional response by infusing moments of vibrant and bold colors in everyday lives.
Exhibitions & Awards
Oct. 4-6th 2024 Virginia MOCA Boardwalk Art Show, Virginia Beach VA
Sept. 2024 Solo Show, the Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library Art Gallery, Virginia Beach VA
Apr. - May 2024 Norfolk Academy 39th Annual Juried Art Show, Norfolk Academy, Norfolk VA
Jan. - Feb. 2024 “Annual Small Works Exhibition”, Glave Kocen Petite Gallery, Richmond VA
Dec. 2023 - Jul. 2024 Atrium Artist in Residence Group Exhibition, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia MOCA, Virginia Beach VA
Dec. 2023 - "The Library of Virginia First Fridays Exhibitions - Virginia Stories", Library of Virginia, Richmond VA
Oct. 2023 “Urban”, International Juried Online Exhibition, Art Fluent, Boston, MA
Sept. - Oct. 2023 “41st Annual Juried Competition - A Sense of Place”, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
Aug. - Sept. 2023 “Scapes: A National Juried Exhibition of Scenery Artworks”, D’Art Center, Norfolk VA
Jun. - Aug. 2023 "Beyond the Horizon: Explorations of Landscape" Exhibition, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center in Association with the Smithsonian Institution, Solomons, MD
May - Jun. 2023 “2023 Biennale Juried Exhibition”, Art League of Hilton Head, Hilton Head Island SC
Apr. 2023 ViBe District & Virginia Beach Convention Center Identifier Wrap Installation - 10 feet tall Street Identifier Sign displaying a digital reproduction of my original artwork located on Parks Ave. next to the VB Convention Center. This public art installation will be there for 3-5 years.
Apr. - May 2023 Norfolk Academy 38th Annual Juried Art Show, Norfolk Academy, Norfolk VA
Mar. - Apr. 2023 “Show Off National 2023” Annual National Juried Exhibition, Virginia Beach Art Center, Virginia Beach VA
January 2023 “Annual Small Works Exhibition”, Glave Kocen Petite Gallery, Richmond VA
Dec. 2022 - Jan. 2023 “2022 Small Works” Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Visual Arts Center, Hampton VA
Oct. - Nov. 2022 “Dynamic” Juried National Exhibition, D’Art Center, Norfolk VA
June 2022 “H2O National 2022” Annual National Juried Exhibition, Virginia Beach Art Center, Virginia Beach VA Winner of the Award of Excellence
May - June 2022 “Hung Juried 2.0” Juried Online Exhibition, Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond VA
May - July 2022 FALC 27th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Fine Arts League of Cary, Cary NC
Apr. - Sept. 2022 “Open (C)all What’s Missing?” Exhibition, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia MOCA, Virginia Beach VA
Jan. - Mar. 2022 “In a Blue Mood” Juried Exhibition, Virginia Beach Art Center, Virginia Beach VA
Dec. 2021 - Jan. 2022 “Best of the East” Juried Exhibition, 311 Gallery and Studios, Raleigh NC
Nov. 2021 - Jan. 2022 “Small Works” Juried Exhibition, Art Works, Richmond VA First Place Winner
Nov. - Dec. 2021 “Holiday Boutique - Art for the Heart” Juried Exhibition, Virginia Beach Art Center, Virginia Beach VA
Sept. - Nov. 2021 Juried All Media Exhibition, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond VA Third Place Winner
Aug. - Sept. 2021 “Abstractly Speaking” Juried Exhibition, Virginia Beach Art Center, Virginia Beach VA
May 2021 Open Studio Exhibition, Virginia Beach VA
October 2020 Open Studio Exhibition, Virginia Beach VA
Large-scale public art location identifier sign at the Virginia Beach Convention Center
Gallery Representation
Stravitz Sculpture & Fine Art Galleries, Virginia Beach VA
Glave Kocen Petite Gallery, Richmond VA
Residency
Atrium Artist in Residence 2024, Virginia MOCA, Virginia Beach VA
Artist in Residence @ Virginia MOCA
Artist in Residence @ Virginia MOCA
Large-scale public art location identifier sign at the Virginia Beach Convention Center