As a native East Tennessean, surrounded by forests and lakes, Flamgu’s love of nature was inevitable. Creativity, especially in drawing, has always been instilled within her. Satisfying her two passions, she began her education double majoring in chemistry and art at San Diego State University. As she was both learning about the mechanics of Life through her school curriculum and metaphysically through her practices.while bike practicing sungazing, gratitude, and
From this, she connected with importance of our hearts, a theme found throughout her work. Through nurturing her heart connection, she came into the stance that her life is a masterpiece and that her work and process is one of her greatest teachers in life. With this, she directed her full focus into art.
Flamgu presents themes of unconditional love, gratitude for all that is, interconnectedness, and the power of imagination. Artistically, she has been most influenced by Roberto Matta’s Inscapes, which are manifestations of the artist’s interior world. Before learning of Matta’s work and process, Flamgu solely created representational compositions speaking her inner perceptions. Craving the challenge, she plunged head first into exploring the spontaneity and intuition behind this imagination based process. Flamgu still places great emphasis on her representational work and seeks to marry these two distinct styles to create visionary art that both carries the energy and the message of each piece.
Her work has been published in national magazines, Studio Visit (2018), and has been exhibited throughout the world, including the “Best of Undergraduates” in The 14th Annual Emerging Artists Exhibition (2018) at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, OH and in London at the Brit School of Performing Arts (2018). She has had solo exhibitions and her work belongs to the permanent collection of Pacha Moma, a visionary art museum in Irapuato, Mexico.
Upon received her B.A. from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in in printmaking and entrepreneurship, Flamgu flip flops between a nomadic spirit quest, and a soulful integration of making art. She currently resides outside of Nashville working on a new body of work.
