27.06.2021
Kononova Svetlana
Russian artist, photographer and designer from Moscow born in 1996. Participant and organiser of exhibitions. Works and lives in Tbilisi.
Preferred methods of work - graphics, painting, object, mixed technique photography, printed graphics.
In her work the author refers to the themes of sacred, sacrificial, subconscious, as well as to the concepts of femininity and fragility.
Russian artist, photographer and designer from Moscow born in 1996. Participant and organiser of exhibitions. Works and lives in Tbilisi.
Preferred methods of work - graphics, painting, object, mixed technique photography, printed graphics.
In her work the author refers to the themes of sacred, sacrificial, subconscious, as well as to the concepts of femininity and fragility.
EDUCATION:
- 2023 Art Residency Trikotazhka, Sergiev Posad
- 2022 Production course for artists by Tatiana Pinchuk
- 2017 - 2021 Ilya Glazunov Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, "Theory and History of Art" direction
- 2013 - 2017 Moscow Academic Art School, "Graphic Design" specialisation
EXHIBITIONS:
- 2023 - "Melting", S/19 Gallery, Moscow
- 2022 - "Demiurge forges his destiny", gallery "Third Floor", Moscow
- 2021 - "ADVENT. The Beginning", State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
- 2020 - "The Eternity of Time", Moscow Multidisciplinary Cultural Centre, Moscow
- 2015 - MAHU. 1925 - 2015. Tradition and Modernity, Pavilion Karelia, VDNKh, Karelia
"My art is a silence in which rare sounds are heard - drops falling into a vessel of water.
In my artistic practice, I strive to move away from the secondary, unnecessary, from noise and imposed desires. My method consists in an intuitive search for the essence of things and their relationship to the human world, in meditative contemplation of fragile, impermanent beauty, and in the rejection of utilitarianism. In my perception, the acute experience of the frailty and finitude of material things is not tragic, but rather something to be ironised. Intimacy and melancholy go hand in hand with self-irony and the grotesque. I explore the notion of self-control, of violence against oneself and others, through the aesthetics of mythical hunting.
"In my search for simple expression, I keep artistic techniques to a minimum. In graphics, the transitions from saturated lines and spots to the empty space of the sheet reveal the "backbone" of the form. The background often disappears altogether, making the texture of the paper work as an infinite space. The natural materials used for the objects and archival paper are devoid of lustre, their loose surface softly absorbing the rays of light. The patina of antiquity, the patina, the darkness of condensed time create a special warmth."
Sventlana Kononova, an artist
Works
Кононова Светлана
Blind mutation, Deesis, 2024
Архивная тонированная бумага, акварельный карандаш
21 х 30 cm
Кононова Светлана
Blind mutation, Deesis, 2024
Архивная тонированная бумага, акварельный карандаш
21 х 30 cm
Кононова Светлана
Blind mutation, Deesis, 2024
Архивная тонированная бумага, акварельный карандаш
21 х 30 cm
Кононова Светлана
Blind mutation, Deesis, 2024
Китайская рисовая бумага, акварельный карандаш
21 х 30 cm
Кононова Светлана
Blind mutation, Deesis, 2024
Китайская рисовая бумага, акварельный карандаш
21 х 30 cm
Кононова Светлана
Blind mutation, Deesis, 2024
Китайская рисовая бумага, акварельный карандаш
21 х 30 cm
Кононова Светлана
Blind mutation, Deesis, 2024
Китайская рисовая бумага, акварельный карандаш
21 х 30 cm
Кононова Светлана
Blind mutation, Deesis, 2024
Китайская рисовая бумага, акварельный карандаш
21 х 30 cm
