Maya Kolesnik
Deconstruction 2 2014
15.75" x 15.75" (40 x 40 cm) acrylic on canvas
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This series reflect an amalgamation of thoughts and dreams that have been dwelling in my consciousness for the past few years. Debris of memories, associations, historical references... I have shifted from monochromatic painting to color in recent times. You can see this transition in the collection for Spotte. Sun-dried pale hues are turning vivid and saturated. That means the life is turning brighter as well!
I love working with unconscious, with the dream world that frequently serves as a reminder of sometimes-elusive existence. It is my second nature to try and unify this polarity. You can trace it in my work: as anonymous urban landscapes start to live a new life, they turn into animated geometric shapes.
- Maya
Artist influenced by: Constructivism & Productivism movement, Architecture, Bauhaus, Yakov Chernikov, Vesnin Brothers, Urban Landscapes, Rodchenko, Construction Art
Bio
1986
Born in Odessa, Ukraine
Solo exhibitions
2015 «Another Land», Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2014 «Under the Influence», 19.53, Odessa, Ukraine
2010 «Twilight», Aidan gallery, Moscow, Russia
2010 «Via Void», Protvor, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Group exhibitions
2015 «А4, Ballpoint», Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2014 «Pathological Comfort Zone», within the Terra Futura festival, Kherson, Ukraine
2014 34th EASA / Symбиоза, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
2014 «220 Volts of Love», Museum of Odessa Modern Art, Odessa, Ukraine
2014 «Ukrainian Landscape. Beyond the Despair...», Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
2014 «Understanding Freedom», Odessa Fine Art Museum, Odessa, Ukraine
2014 «Ukrainian Breakthrough», Museum of Odessa Modern Art, Odessa, Ukraine
2014 «The Estrangement Decor», Museum of Odessa Modern Art, Odessa, Ukraine
2014 «Ukrainian's Complex», Arteria, Odessa, Ukraine
2013 «Project as a Self-organizing System», within the 3rd Odessa International Biennale, Tea Factory, Odessa, Ukraine
2013 «Museum: Inside and Outside», an open-air project, Odessa, Ukraine
2012 «Golden Section», M17 Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2011 «Space Odyssey 2011», Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
2011 «On/Off», Special Projects of the 4th Moscow Contemporary Art Biennale, Arthouse, Moscow, Russia
2009 «Rage», Globus Gallery, Etazhi Loft Project, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2009 «Walls», Lab Garage, Kyiv, Ukraine
2009 «20 nominees of PinchukArtCentre Short List Exhibition», PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine
2008 «About the Mortal in Art», Rostov-on-Don, Russia
2008 «Motion», Aidan Gallery, 1st Moscow International Young Art Biennale «Stop! Who Is Going?!», Moscow, Russia
2008 «Art-Veret’evo», Actual Art Festival, Veret’evo homestead, Russia
2008 «Young Gallerists / Young Collectors», POP/OFF/ART Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2007 «Shargorod. Afterword.», Modern Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
2007 «Arch-Shargorod», Architectural Festival, Shargorod, Ukraine
2007 «Graffiti in Praktika», Praktika Theatre, Moscow, Russia
2006 «Graffiti Winzavod», Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia
2006 «Street Art», The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2006 «Art-Shargorod Festival», Shargorod, Ukraine
2006 «Street Art Exhibition», Skazka, Odessa, Ukraine
2005 «Invisible — Visible Through Art», International Youth Art Festival, Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland
2005 «First Street Art Exhibition in Ukraine», Exit, Odessa, Ukraine
2009 Graduated OSACEA (Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture), Architecture and Art Institute, Architecture and Structural Engineering Faculty
Maya's Mixed Media includes some or all of: gesso, ink, acrylic paint, uv paint, photo transfer, plexiglass print, drawing
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