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I met Aleksandra Istorik in Valencia at IVAM , Museum of oily pigment to the canvas creating volume. Sometimes, to
Contemporary Art. I drew attention to a pleasant, pretty achieve a larger volume, she uses highly concentrated paint,
girl which I heard speak in Russian and in a few minutes mixing it with oxides or gel. In her works, the young artist
we were already talking like old friends . I discovered that often uses gold foil, which can be either background or an
Aleksandra was born in the wonderful city of St.Petersburg, accentuation of certain details.
her youth was spent in Russia, and now she lives, studies and
works in Spain. Aleksandra creates her work from fragments of photo-
graphs, various life situations and memories.
Aleksandra is granddaughter of Konstantin Ryzhov, Hon-
ored Art Worker of Russia, director at the Lenfilm film stu- In many of her paintings characters are designed from pure
dio. The portrait of the “plaid” from the movie “The Adven- imagination, the moment of their creation is one of the most
tures of Prince Florizel”, in her grandfather’s office is what exciting. “I immerse myself completely in the process and
awakened Alexandra’s imagination at her early age. Her slowly detach myself from the world around me” she com-
paintings are already decorating houses in the USA and Eur- ments.
ope. Aleksandra is an artist of expression: she likes free and
expressive style. She is particularly fond of large-scale in- We share her works on the pages of our magazine. Also,
tense painting. In most of her paintings she adapt the tech- follow the news on @aleksandra_istorik. Aleksandra’s exhib-
nique of oil painting , but at the same time she constantly itions are held in Spain and St. Petersburg. Now she is in the
experiments in different mediums. When working with oil, collaboration with Munich gallery.

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she is attracted to the sensation of live material. Aleksandra
observes the highlights that play when she applies soft and