Maria Studenikina

Painting is the basis of my artistic practice. The main materials of my works are oil and acrylic on canvas.
In the preparation of my projects, I often use graphic sketches and collage images.
I work at the intersection of figurative painting and modern surrealism, creating images of man as a metaphor.
of internal transformation. In my paintings, the body becomes a "surface of meaning": It dissolves in mirrors.
reflections, flowing textures and contrasts of light, turning into a sign of vulnerability and strength at the same time. I am painting
mirror people, because a person is always a reflection of the world that surrounds him.
I like to explore the blurred line between man and the artificial, the living and the created. On the canvases come to life
images in which human sensitivity is combined with mechanical perfection and fragile digital
It's a shell. My paintings reflect inner states and experiences placed in a new, "posthuman" world.
Form is a metaphor for modernity, where technology ceases to be an external tool and becomes a part of it.
of our creature.