The Lines
Human body can be a great storyteller. It carries all sort of marks – birthmarks, vaccination marks, scars from childhood or sport accidents, surgeries, burns from cooking or inattentive smokers, and so on. Some of those have dramatic or funny stories behind them, some are from long forgotten insignificant accidents, but all of them are traces of life – history as told by the body. And some marks happen to be self-inflicted. This topic is rarely discussed, neither by the ones involved, nor by the people around them. Unlike the common view, associating self-harm almost exclusively with depression or anxiety, the reasons behind it are very diverse, as are the backgrounds of the people featured in this series: UK, Russia, Estonia, Iran and Australia.
Exhibitions & awards:
- Sunny Art Prize shortlisted artists exhibition, London (2022)
- 2021 Sunny Art Prize Shortlist, UK
- “Beyond BALAGAN!!! HERO MOTHER: Contemporary Art by Post-Communist Women Rethinking Heroism” at MOMENTUM Berlin (2016)
- Bauhaus University “Summaery” exhibition (2014)
“The Lines” at MOMENTUM Berlin
“The Lines” at Bauhaus Summaery