My life works like this. My uncle randomly buys a bag of chicken heads, sets it in the fridge and leaves for St. Petersburg. My grandpa finds the chicken heads and decides to make chicken head broth for him and me and to feed the heads to my dog because apparently, he loves my dog. When asked to serve my dog a few heads I freak out and nearly gag, because the …
Chicken Heads — Travel Sketchbook Paper Instagram Project [Read more]
While on my way to my greatgrandmother’s house in Beshtau (Stavropol region), in Moscow I met AntiMona. Allow me to introduce you. AntiMona is my very first attempt at da Vinci fan art, and she is also part of a new project I’m working on. I’m still thinking of a proper name for the project, but essentially it’s a paper sketchbook take on Instagram. When I was getting ready for my trip, …
AntiMona — Travel Sketchbook Paper Instagram Project [Read more]
Wow, look what I found in the mail today! The catalogue for the “No Complaints!” show I took part in at Egorka gallery last year is out! And it looks amazing, and I loved flipping through it, and it let me see all the works in a new light, um, kind of – without the social anxiety I was agonizingly burning in when I was at the actual show opening. And giving …
Currently I am trying to keep up my art practice while managing my 9 to 5 office job at the same time, and to be honest, that’s quite a lot. One of the things I’ve decided to do to make my life easier is to try planning Instagram posts in advance. What’s the point of that anyway? My second biggest goal (apart from keeping up the drawing and sculpture) is to maintain …
I somehow thought that this time I would outsmart post exhibition blues by signing up for a class that would keep me engaged and going full speed after my show effort was over. I have to acknowledge that I was wrong, here it is again, stubborn as ever. What’s post exhibition blues anyway? Every time I work on a big project I’m really invested in, I end up feeling all emptied out …
Dearest post exhibition blues, can I ever skip you? [Read more]