Alisa Gorshenina

Artist Statement / Bio

Bio

Alisa Gorshenina (Alice Hualice) is a multidisciplinary artist.
Participant of Russian and international exhibitions since 2013. Founder and member of the art group Second Hand (2013-2016). Works in accordance with the author's concept of "self-artificiality" - bringing life closer to art. The personal in her art grows in the mythological, through which she speaks to the outside world. Among her main media are both the practice of dressing up and the techniques of decorative and applied art, in particular textiles and ceramics, as well as classical painting and graphics. In addition, the artist works with photography, video art and animation. She has a large list of solo and group exhibitions in Russia and abroad: Zurich (Coin Coin, 2024), Hamarøy (Knut Hamsun Center, 2024), Moscow (Vladey, 2023, RuArts Foundation, 2022), Rome (GOMMA, 2023), Ufa (Zaman, 2023), Yekaterinburg (Yeltsin Center, 2022), Arkhangelsk (Local History Museum, 2021). Participant of the Ural Biennial (2015, 2017), Komi Biennial (2021), Triennial in Moscow (2020), as well as residences and fairs.
Alisa Gorshenina is a participant in the grant program to support young artists of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, season 2019/2020, winner of the 2018 Vzlet na VDNKh program, and a Goethe-Institut scholarship holder in 2022. Alisa Gorshenina's works are included in the collection of the Hermitage-Ural Museum, the Ruarts Foundation, the National Gallery of the Komi Republic, etc.
Alice Lives and works in Nizhny Tagil.
Statement:
Three words that describe my art are symbolism, sensitivity and self-portraiture.
My artistic world is made up of pieces of fabric, clay, metal, blood vessels, stars, tears, roots, the Ural Mountains, abandoned wooden huts, magical creatures, tired women and many more images, states, symbols, phenomena and my transformations within all of this.
My practice is very diverse. I make textile sculptures, create costumes, masks, video art, animations, digital photo collages, and work with photography.
In my art, I explore myself and my feelings.
At different times, I have addressed such topics as personal mythology, national identity, the theme of corporality, childhood and memory, demonization, hypersensitivity and others.
I constantly interact with the environment in which I live, I let the works breathe, go beyond the space of the workshop and galleries. My body is in constant dialogue with what I create, sometimes I literally physically become a part of my works. My artistic practice does not have a clear system, the works are fluid, objects can move from project to project, change places depending on the context. I do not set any boundaries for myself and work freely.

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