Arina Gordienko
Arina Gordienko MA, Russian born figurative realist painter based in the United Kingdom, is a multi-award winner and finalist of various art contests in the UK, Europe and USA. Her works exhibited at venues such as Saatchi Gallery in London, Museum of European Modern Art (MEAM) in Barcelona, Muskegon Museum of Art and Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art in USA, Balinglen Museum of Art in Ireland, Museum of Modern Art Vittoria Colonna in Italy, Museum of Fantastic Art in Austria, and others in the UK, Europe, USA, Russia, Australia, Canada and India.
Her works are in collections including The Bennett Collection, OSTEN Museum of Drawing, etc. Her works featured in numerous publications, i.e. ‘Strokes of Genius’, American Art Collector Magazine, International Artist Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, etc.
Arina has academic art education that includes MA in Painting at Chelsea College of Arts, BA in Fine Arts at Central Saint Martins College of Arts (both – University of Arts London, UK), and Diploma with Distinction (Highest score) in Fine Arts at College of Arts in Russia.
Arina dedicates herself to realistic traditions in painting following the Renaissance Masters’ technique called ‘sfumato’, where tones of colour gradually layer one above another in multiple almost transparent layers that brings to her works a softened or subtle outcome. This old masters classical technique with an infusion of contemporary essence requires her several months to complete one painting. Her personages mainly emerge dramatic – she portrays her characters in the way that is revealing those hidden emotions and feelings that evoke viewers’ emotional response. Her works are emotionally engaging but also they are consistently filled with a philosophical content and a kind of an intellectual riddle that appealing to curious and peculiar minds.
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