Frank Arina
Born in 2001 in Tver, where she works and lives.
The artist uses various mediums, particularly painting and graphics.
The main task for the author is to increase the visibility of women, to draw attention to the problems of adults and children who have experienced or are experiencing violence.
The important theme for the author is memories that have disappeared due to traumatic experiences. Violent subjects become the basis for the creation of the works. It is a reality that we face every day but rarely notice.
EXHIBITIONS:
- 2023 — TUPIC Fair
- 2023 - present — Residency at Garage Museum workshops
- Solo exhibition at ART4 Museum "Mum, where are you?"
"The figures in my works are deconstructed, some parts of them becoming a gentle, innocent gradient. In places a pile of muscle flying fast in the air. A strong frame ready to fight for their body right now. Often the women's extremities are torn off and their faces are blurred, a sense of oppression and helplessness that comes from the suppression of will. The background is made up of parts, similar to a stained glass window. It can act as the ground beneath your feet, which is about to collapse and suck you in, or the inner chaos that destroys the figure and its perception from within.
My artistic practice is not focused on the application of one painting technique. The colours and mediums I use are dynamic. For me, the flexibility of the medium is another way of reflecting on events and conveying their content."
Arina Frank, an artist