PROFILE
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Born under the wing of communist USSR. Most of the faces I am today, are rooted in that time.
What's made an impact:
1. My grandparents (both geologists and eager campers, who each summer took me and my brother canoeing through a large number of East European rivers)
2. Dacha.
3. No tv commercials/no macdonalds.
4. Svetlana Grigorjevna Galkina- my first primary school teacher. (she was tough, but loved us like a mother)
5. Family [their presence]
6. Free education, free doctors, and no anaesthetic at the dentist.
At ten, my mother took me to Germany. The last image I have of Moscow in '93 was a woman on high heels and a beautiful long fur coat, dragging a huge suitcase behind her on an icy roadside.
My first memory of the West: green grass in February!
Second: a woman cleaning the pavement in front of her house.
Third: A SUPERMARKET!
Unbelievable shock culture.
I spent the next 2 years in a Catholic Maedchen Gymnasium. No contact with boys. In my opinion, an abnormal environment for any teenager.
In '95 we drove (!) to Oxford. My first vision of England- the foggy outlines of the Dover shore. I thought I was coming to prison.
At 16 I made up my mind to draw.
At 17 I moved to London. Failed to be accepted to St Martins. Instead went to Guildhall for foundation BTEC. The best year I had in higher education. I had no family around at that point, my mum moved on to Nebraska. Those who taught me through the foundation year became my family. I owe alot to them.
3 years of LCP:
A lot of frustration.
A lot of disappointment.
One important lesson- think!
The last year- a struggle- but the best I had in drawing. ( I finally dismantled my inner struggle with my family. I came to peace with myself)
My favourite time of year is spring.
City humans are fearfully far away from nature, yet this is one period when we are forced to dust our winter thoughts away as the city around us is slowly swallowed by colour.
The day I will stop believing in love, I will know that I have failed.
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SUBMITTED WORK
black frame 1.
inspired by a brief set from le gun. (you could make anything that was "tinted with the salt of the sea")most of the drawing is assembled with CS from various sources drawn by hand.
inspired by a brief set from le gun. (you could make anything that was "tinted with the salt of the sea")most of the drawing is assembled with CS from various sources drawn by hand.
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severe sonic trauma
originally made for a book written by Philippe Parreno. You had to work with phrases like severe sonic trauma.
originally made for a book written by Philippe Parreno. You had to work with phrases like severe sonic trauma.
there is no good to talk
another illustration for Philippe Parreno.
another illustration for Philippe Parreno.
