Artist: Svetlana Tiourina
Svetlana Tiourina was born in 1964 in Perm (Urals, Russia). In 1994 she settled in Amsterdam, where she has been living and working. Until 2003, Tiourina worked as writer and illustrator of children’s books, which they gained great international recognition, which was ratified by the Price of the United Nations (New York, 2000). From 2004 Svetlana Tiourina fully devoted to painting. As a basis for her work she takes the traditional academic foundations, which they incorporated into their own insights. Insights not to think independently of her Russian soul.
“My work comes from a personal search for the inner of man: his soul and his spirit. Pain, longing, sadness, sacrifice, courage, fasting, temptation, dreams, struggle between good and evil, everything in human lives, is my endless inspiration. This complex of human illusions is contained in the most perfect earthly form: the human body. The Greek tradition is the perfect example of such a harmonious interplay of inner and outer. The woman and her emotional life are the main motive in my work. Her fragile beauty is enhanced by a profound mystical gifts and intuition. In my paintings is a romantic mood is often mixed with mild melancholy. People, gods and animals, all the mysterious symbols and their meaning by the viewer will discover themselves to be.”
WS: tiourina.com
