Being born in one country and being raised in another has an undeniable effect on Alina (1994) and her work. She embodies her Western (Dutch) on the one hand and Siberian (Asian) views and extremes on the other. The Western world has given her freedom to be what she wants to be, it allows her to be an artist, whereas her Asian nature is somewhat closed or protective yet it allows her to think in extremes as it is a survival strategy. This is also the reason why her work ends up talking about taboos, sanity, absurdity, nostalgia, melancholia and all sorts of feelings and ‘principles’ of control one holds within from what one is taught.
Coming from a quite classical approach to art she tends to mostly sculpt, yet in her recent works her material has grown to sculpting with video. These video sculptures are not as delicate and precise, but reflect quick and awkward methods where she mostly uses herself or amateur actors to re-enact her exaggerated versions of reality. This way she lightens the subjects and proves her frustration, while being inspired by the surreal, sublime and horror. On top of classical and new artistic media her interest in visual elements of pop and kitsch get her art and design pieces to a level of weirdness. This distortion creates confusion and internal thought-provoking questions for the audience that Alina is after.
EXBITIONS:
KADMIUM - DELFT - - Nov 2017
GRADUATION FESTIVAL KABK - - 2017