ELECTROMAGNETISM

Ryan DaWalt and Si Golraine work at the threshold of visibility, where matter and energy blur into fields of perception. Though their practices diverge in medium—DaWalt’s works composed of hand-colored ferromagnetic pigments cast in magnetic fields, and Golraine’s paintings made with raw electricity on titanium—they converge in their shared pursuit of the unseen forces that shape our experience of the world.

DaWalt approaches the electromagnetic spectrum as both material and metaphor, revealing wavelengths that are present but ordinarily imperceptible. His works remind us that we exist within a constant exchange of signals and forces—social, political, and physical—that act upon and through us. Golraine’s paintings emerge from a union of elemental energy and meditative attention, altering metal at the molecular level to produce shifting iridescent surfaces. Her works embody vibration as both scientific fact and spiritual resonance, offering viewers encounters with color as frequency and perception as an energetic event.

Together, their practices illuminate the invisible infrastructures of life. DaWalt’s work positions us as receivers and broadcasters within a charged field of influence, while Golraine invites us to attune to energy as a living, vibrational presence. Both artists dissolve the boundary between the material and the immaterial, proposing that art can function as a portal—opening onto dimensions of experience that flicker just beyond the limits of ordinary sight.

Ryan DaWalt is a New York–based interdisciplinary artist whose practice extends into the invisible realms of perception and energy. Working with magnetic fields, ultraviolet light, phosphorescent pigments, and fluorescent materials, he makes phenomena at the edges of the electromagnetic spectrum visible. His works reveal undulations of light and energy that structure vision and experience, pointing to the unseen physical and socio-politics forces at work on our bodies and minds. His material explorations include the use of ferromagnetic pigments, light-reactive compounds, chlorophyll, lodestone, and video, resulting in textured paintings, fluorescent reliefs, monochrome drawings, and immersive environments that expand customary ways of seeing. DaWalt views us not only as receivers but also as transmitters of these forces, and his practice investigates how the mediated image and the creative process can dissolve into and circulate through everyday life.

DaWalt received his BFA from Indiana State University and his MFA from Ohio University. He has exhibited nationally and internationally at venues including High Noon Gallery (New York, New York), Paradice Palase (Brooklyn, NY), and VSOP Projects (Greenport, NY), and was awarded the Individual Artist Grant from the Queens Council on the Arts. He was the Founder and Director of Majestic Galleries in Nelsonville, OH, and has been an artist-in-residence at Park Place Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.

Si Golraine (b. Olga Panchenko) is a Ukrainian-born, New York-based artist who works in the medium of painting with raw electricity on titanium. Through a process of applying fluctuating voltage with a brush dipped in a conductive solution, she alters the metal’s molecular structure to reveal shifting fields of color. The resulting surfaces are luminous and iridescent, vibrating at the threshold of visibility and embodying the union of elemental force and artistic intention. Golraine’s material investigations are rooted in a deep curiosity about energy as both physical and spiritual phenomenon. Her titanium paintings are informed by her meditation practice, frequency healing, and quantum theory, engaging matter as a living vibrational system. The works emerge not as static objects but as resonant fields—portals where color functions as frequency and perception becomes an energetic encounter. Her practice reflects an alchemy of science and spirit, seeking to make visible the unseen forces of life and to attune viewers to the subtle power of vibration and consciousness.