"What exists in the space of the line? If there is a metadata of the line, the line must be itself some kind of container. Can we think of the line as a container for attributes of space? The line is the space of imagination, a space of action and process. The line is the space of thought and ideas. The space of the line itself contains the idea. Through the line there is a potential to redefine or re-language space.

As the line moves from line to edge, from abstraction to form and space, the form of relationship as concept and designated is considered. What is the space of this transformation? It is the birthplace of the folds, the incisions and the reflections, all traces of an action."*

On a very fundamental level, my body of work -architectural and otherwise- is an investigation into formal and spatial relationships. When printmaking, I am interested in bringing into question the role of the line, and in asking what relationships exist between drawing and printmaking? While I primarily work subtractively on the monotypes shown here, I continually make decisions that take into consideration: masking, edges, form, scale, depth, line, alignments and mis-alignments. Much of this work has been investigated through the act of drawing, however, because I believe it is a way of seeing and experiencing something differently. These relationships provide the foundation for my work and the space in which to push its development.


_Nina Cherian




*courtesy James Bassett