KseniyaLvova

I’m an artist from Moscow, a participant of russian and international exhibitions. A number of my works have been awarded with prizes and diplomas.

In my works I use visual metaphors, and even in illustrations I try to convey underlying concepts not particular scenes. One of the leading themes in my works is formation of personality and factors which influence the process.

Subjects of my pictures are often connected with night dreams as they give us an opportunity to better understand ourselves through a dialogue with our subconscious mind. Dreams are not only material for psychoanalysis but also an escape from the reality of the modern world, which is becoming increasingly chaotic and unstable. Moreover, advanced technologies are changing our idea of the border between real and virtual, which influences stability and wholeness of psyche. My style has been greatly influenced by the surrealism of Salvador Dali, but now I’m starting to notice that contrast between surrealism and laws of reality isn’t that obvious.

The choice of an artistic technique is determined by its ability to convey my ideas. At university I studied Russian lacquer miniature painting, which appeared in the 18th century and is based on a classical oil painting technique. It allows creating art pieces with very fine and realistic elaboration of details, which is important for my concepts where some images should be quickly perceived.

Later, the mastery of this technique helped me work more efficiently with computer graphics, where not only are physical materials imitated, but also new tools appear. To create my artworks I use digital painting, 3D, neural networks and animation. We live in a difficult but exciting time, where technologies frighten and fascinate with their abilities at the same time. For me they are the source of new means of communication in art, the way to make my visual language more expressive and precise.