Artist Masha Neverova
ArtistDetails
| First Name | Masha |
| Last Name | Neverova |
| Username | marianeverova |
Statement
| Statement | Over the past 8 years, I have changed many places of residence, first emigrating to Israel, now to America, and in between half a year in Georgia. After moving, I began to think more often about my identity, who I am, what nationality and culture I belong to, where is my home? These thoughts led me to the fact that, having been born in a big city, and having a complex ethnic composition of ancestors, the only thing I am sure of is the plants that I associate with home — my grandmother’s garden in Belarus, the forests of the Leningrad region, this is literally places where my roots remain. Finding myself in a country with so different climate (Israel), I was a little afraid of the plants around me and began to draw them to understand them a little better. Then I began to add something native and homely to them — this is how appeared a series with combined plants from Russia and Israel in one picture — for example, a Birch tree with the bright red flowers of the tropical Bombax ceiba tree. While drawing, I like to follow the contours of plants with eye and repeat the movement with hand. This is a kind of meditation. I prefer to change objects, I exaggerate and add, prolong and twist. It is crucial for me to see the plant up close, and consider all the details, to get to know it. I am not interested in light, volume, space, the most important things for me are lines, my works are like a collage of images, like a memory. I use various techniques — oil, charcoal, gouache. Oil paints themselves are associated with home; their smell takes me back to my childhood in my father’s studio where I would go to see how he painted. After moving to New York City I started doing oil painting series based on plants right next to my new home: in the park or on neighbouring streets or in distant areas. |
Exhibitions
| Exhibitions | Solo shows: Group exhibitions: |
Interests and medias
| Interests | Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Sound art |
| Ceramics medias | Clay |
| Painting medias | Acrylic, Oil |
| Drawing medias | Charcoal, Gouache, Graphite, Ink, Pastel, Sketch, Watercolor |
| Printmaking medias | Linocut, Monotype, Screen-printing |
| Sound intermedias | Sound installation |