MILAN JILKA (HE/HIM) IS A CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT PAINTER WHOSE WORK DECONSTRUCTS AND RECONFIGURES ELEMENTS OF THE NATURAL WORLD—PLANTS, FLOWERS, OBJECTS, AND COLOR—INTO DYNAMIC, PATTERN-LADEN COMPOSITIONS. HIS PAINTINGS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY VIVID COLOR, INTUITIVE MARK-MAKING, AND A LAYERED APPROACH TO SURFACE THAT DRAWS FROM BOTH OBSERVATION AND ABSTRACTION.
IN ADDITION TO HIS STUDIO PRACTICE, MILAN HAS BEEN A VISUAL ARTS EDUCATOR IN SPRINGDALE, AR, FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS. HE HOLDS A PHD IN ART EDUCATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AND AN MFA IN PAINTING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS. OF SOUTH ASIAN DESCENT, MILAN WAS BORN IN THUN, SWITZERLAND, AND HOLDS DUAL CITIZENSHIP IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.

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