Josiane York was born in North Carolina, but was raised in Upstate New York. She has always been intrigued by the expressiveness of the human form and began translating that fascination onto paper at a very early age. She pursued an education in fine art at the State University of New York at Purchase. She also studied abroad at the Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam which grounded her with much in...see more »sight and inspiration. York's influences span the course of art history but concentrate mainly on artists of the 20th Century. She admires these artists for stepping outside the conventional realm of color and opening the door to a new degree of intensity. York is also inspired by the constant progression in our current age of art and fashion. She is excited by the rapidly changing perceptions and technology that continues to become available to advance the future of art. « see less
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