Hello!
My
name is Katsiaryna Kalashnikava.
I am
an artist from Minsk (Belarus). I was born in 1981 in Belarus, now I live in
Minsk.
I am
an artist and have been painting for many years. I regularly take part in art
exhibitions and open calls: England (Boomer Gallery "Contemporary"),
Switzerland (HelvetArt "Open"), Italy (Itsliquid Group
"ITSLIQUID International Contest - 12th Edition 2022"), Russia
(International Exhibition St.Petersburg ArtWeek – the works "Tea
Rose" and "Golden Rose" took 2nd and 3rd place), USA
(Contemporary Art Gallery Online "2022 ALL BOTANICAL") and in other
countries.
My paintings have been published in several magazines:
Artmagazineium (August 2022), Art agent (May 2022), BoomerGallery (October 2022).
I
taught myself to draw. I write my works in my own author's style, using classic
brushes and palette knives. For several years I painted with watercolors and
oil paints on canvas, looking for certain shapes and colors with the help of
them, allowing me to reflect the idea of the picture. Now, for more than one
year, I have been using acrylic paints, which are closest to me both in terms
of color range, color tone, saturation, lightness, and application technique. I
paint with brushed author's technique on canvas, using palette knives of
various shapes to get lines of a certain look and to add volume.
My
creative search manifests itself in painting pictures using both classical and
author's techniques, in creating my own, unique combinations of colors and
shapes that fully reflect my desire for self-development and knowledge.
Now
my main interests lie in the search for painting techniques and individual
combinations of colors and shapes that will be closest to me. I am constantly
experimenting with mixing paints, getting unique colors. I am looking for
individual forms and images when writing pictures. I experiment with different
directions in painting, with different painting techniques, I mix different
materials to create three-dimensional paintings.
I
create paintings in monochrome technique. With the help of one or two colors I
convey volume, shadows and penumbra, different saturation and contrast of the
object.
Very
often I depict flowers in my paintings, especially roses, as their unique
structure and details are very interesting to me. I paint pictures with images
of people that reflect their emotional state.
The
basis of my creativity is imagination. Imagination gives me ideas for
creativity, the ability to go beyond the boundaries of my own consciousness.
The
beauty of the surrounding nature is for me a source of emotions that give
inspiration and become the basis for new creative ideas, unity and harmony.
My
desire to express my feelings on canvas, to convey subtle, invisible
connections with the help of color and form, is already evident in the first
sketches and fully reveals itself in the finished work.
Each
picture is individual for me and is the embodiment of my creative dreams,
symbolizes new opening facets of a limitless world.
I
have a rich imagination and I constantly experiment in creativity, for me it is
very exciting.
I
present to your attention some of my works, made with acrylic paint on canvas.
Thank
you.
Katsiaryna
Kalashnikava
+375293301173
e-mail: katsiaryna.kalashnikava@gmail.com
