
Margarita Ivanova
Born: 1988
Hometown: Yerevan
Based in: Yerevan
Born: 1988
Hometown: Yerevan
Based in: Yerevan
My name is Margarita. I am a professional artist.
Painting is an integral part of my life. For me, not painting is like being silent. From early childhood, I made the decision to live in creativity, I painted a lot, received an art education, and then an architectural education. But in the end, painting took over and became my main profession. I live by creativity and I want my works to be available to a wide range of people around the world.
The object of my work is a person. Human, as a person, on the one hand, and at the same time as an environment for others. I use the analogy of a birch forest. I think this is very close to our society and our lives. An endless chain, one after another, someone nearby, someone above, someone below. But wherever you are, you are always somewhere in the middle, because no one knows exactly where this chain begins and where it ends.
In my works, I combine a realistic depiction of a person with the idea and theory of metamodernism. I am drawing a person who is constantly balancing. Between internal and external, personal and collective, real and virtual, obvious and hidden. Even the birches in my works fluctuate, becoming now realistic, now virtual, vector. The border between all these worlds, it seems to me, is the line of our life. Knowing nothing for sure is our world.
What inspires you?
The theoretical platform of my artistic practice is metamodernism and new sincerity. I define my main method by the term "oscillation". I explore the fluctuations between inside and outside, personal and collective, between the system of community and the system of the subject.
Describe your creative process.
The idea as the most expressive part of my work can be spontaneous, it is the most expressive part of my work, but the process of implementation requires rigor, almost drawing. I use a kind of "mathematical" approach to graphics that I learned from my architectural background.
Who are some artists that have influenced your work?
Mikhail Vrubel, Andy Warhor, John Baldessari