Mina Spiridonova Artist Catalog | Agora Gallery

MINA

SPIRIDONOVA

530 West 25th Street, New York, NY

Bulgarian artist Mina Spiridonova’s ink, varnish, and graphite paintings probe the depths of the human psyche. After fifteen years of rigorous academic training, Spiridonova abandoned realism in favor of abstraction to give free rein to her creative expression. Her work is an intuitive flow of stains, splashes, leaks, and stream-of-consciousness prose. She likens the process to “an endless battle of will, inspiration, and discipline [...] to find, experiment, provoke.” As the paint morphs into unfamiliar and ominous shapes, Spirdonova’s fears come to the surface with palpable intensity. They are monsters of the subconscious, aberrations of the mind, odd tentacular creatures of Kafkaesque flair; a testimony of the artist’s love of sci-fi, anime, and fantasy. “Desires have shapes, visions have color, and fantasies have a life of their own,” the artist proclaims. Like an Edgar Allan Poe tale, Spiridonova’s visions of horror exert a seductive magnetic power we find almost impossible to resist.

Spiridonova has a Bachelor in Mural Painting and a Master in Graphic Fine Arts from St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. She exhibited extensively in Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Romania. Alongside her practice, she works as a 3D Environment Artist for ReDefine-DNEG Bulgaria. Spiridonova currently resides in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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As an artist, I create my art. It’s as simple as that – to share, pull out, explore, find, experiment, and provoke. It’s an itch; an endless battle of will, inspiration, and discipline. My emotions are visible, my fears understandable. Desires have shape, visions have color, and fantasies have a life of their own. Driven by my passion for sci-fi, anime, and the Asian culture, I create imaginary abstract worlds by combining text with improvisational paint application, such as stains, splashes, and dripping. Detail is crucial to me as are texture, composition, and balance. I paint exclusively alla prima. Once an idea forms in my mind I set it free and let it guide me through the process until it’s complete. I allow it to change and evolve on its own naturally, without any resistance. Art is about feelings and pure emotions that are beyond human comprehension. At the end it’s just me, sharing my personal drive, hoping for others to feel it too.

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