My work, originally inspired by early Russian Modernism, joins the on-going discussion of expanded painting and attempts to challenge the Greenbergian limitations of the medium of painting.
Through breaking the conventions of constructing a painting, I’m trying to arrive at something that registers as a painting without resorting to the normal rules of picture making.
Reducing painting to its principal elements brings forth their own formal properties, making the stretcher, the canvas, the bristles of a paintbrush, as well as usually neglected space between the canvas surface and the wall, an important part of the composition. 3D properties that the canvas acquires add sculptural element to the work, however the traditional mediums and techniques that I use keeps it the realm of painting.
Taking the 3D element even forward, the traditional components of a painting become objects of their own, cast or laser cut from various materials, usually found in an art shop.
Education
1997 - 2003 Moscow State University, BA Arts
1999 - 2000 Trinity College, Dublin, Erasmus, BA Arts
2013 - 2014 Manchester School of Art, Foundation, with Distinction
2104 - 2016 Manchester School of Art, BA First Class Honours, Fine Art
Exhibitions
2016 Bankley Open, Banlkey Gallery, Manchetser
2016 CLASS 2016, Hanover Project Gallery, Preston
2016 Manchester School of Art degree show
2015 Dexterous, Hot Bed Press, Manchester
2015 Heavy Duty Floor Paint, London Scottish House, Manchester
2014 Viewpoint, Manchester #viewpointmcr
2014 Manchester School of Art degree show
2013 Femme, Trispace Gallery, London
Awards
2016 Ken Billany Painting Prize
Residencies
2016 3 Space, Manchester
Publications
Gunn, A., 2016 . The Skinny. [Online]
Available at: http://www.theskinny.co.uk/art/features/manchester-school-of-art-degree-show-2016
[Accessed 22 October 2016].
Available at: http://www.theskinny.co.uk/art/features/manchester-school-of-art-degree-show-2016
[Accessed 22 October 2016].
Robertson, L., 2016. The Double Negative. [Online]
Available at: http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2016/09/acknowledging-future-talent-class-of-2016-goes-live/
[Accessed 23 October 2016].
Available at: http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2016/09/acknowledging-future-talent-class-of-2016-goes-live/
[Accessed 23 October 2016].
Welsh, J., 2016. The Double Negative. [Online]
Available at: http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2016/05/class-of-2016-the-north-wests-top-fine-art-graduates-revealed/
[Accessed 23 October 2016].
Available at: http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2016/05/class-of-2016-the-north-wests-top-fine-art-graduates-revealed/
[Accessed 23 October 2016].
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