Dasha Prudnikova

Bio

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Dasha Prudnikova is a 26-year-old artist who was born in a small city called Lipetsk, Russia but moved to the US at a young age. She now resides in Oaxaca City and is constantly inspired by the vibrant art scene there. Since she moved to Oaxaca, she has had a few shows at the local galleries and has brought a new and exciting style to the city that mostly focuses on more traditional, folkloric art. 

 

She has always been very artistic and creative and has made art for as long as she can remember, always drawing or painting, going through sketchbook after sketchbook. She received many awards when she was younger, some of them being first place in Maryland antidrug poster competition and two silver keys in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. When she got older, her mom started taking her to art museums in every city they traveled to, and Dasha fell in love with impressionism. Her biggest influences have been Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, and Edgar Degas, who inspired her to appreciate the curves and softness of the female form and face. Since then, she has completed dozens of commissions and reached new heights with her paintings. Some of them are hanging on walls in cities like London, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. 

 

Dasha focuses on sensual portraits of women and captures emotion in all her paintings by focusing on the eyes and hands. She chooses this subject because she wants to show women through the eyes of a woman because historically women have always been painted by male artists.  She believes hands play just as powerful and critical of a role as the eyes and that so much can be told with a gesture of the hand. She tries to experiment with every painting but always keeps this core idea in each one. Dasha mostly works in oil paints but occasionally likes to sway from her usual style and adds in mosaics, glass, and acrylics. She creates work that provokes the viewer to feel and truly connect with the painting.  She is fueled by an eagerness to grow in her craft and create constantly. Her pieces range from portraits to slightly erotic work but never vulgar and these works best show who she is as an artist.

 

Dasha Prudnikova es una artista de 26 años que nació en la pequeña ciudad de Lipetsk, Rusia. Se mudo a los Estados Unidos desde temprana edad y ahora reside en Oaxaca, en donde es constantemente inspirada por su vibrante arte. Siempre fue una persona muy artística y creativa y ha hecho arte desde que puede recordar, siempre dibujando y pintando, de pinutra en pintura. Recibió muchos premios cuando era pequeña, entre ellos el primer lugar en la competencia de Posters Antidrogas de Maryland y 2 medallas de plata en Artes Escolares y Escritura. Cuando creció empezó a ir a museos de arte en cada ciudad que visitaba y se enamoró del impresionismo. Su mayores influencias han sido Renoir y Degas, quienes la inspiraron a apreciar las curvas y la suavidad de las formas y rostros femeninos. Desde entonces ha realizado decenas de proyectos y ha alcanzado nuevas alturas con pinturas como “A Memory” y “Black Rose”. Algunos de ellos se encuentran colgados en paredes de ciudades como Londres, Los Ángeles, San Francisco y Filadelfia. 

 

Dasha se enfoca en los retratos sensuales de mujeres y capta la emoción en todas sus pinturas al enfocarse en los ojos y las manos. Ella escoge este tema por que quiere mostrar a las mujeres a través de los ojos de una mujer. porque historicamente las mujeres han sido siempre pintadas por los hombres. Ella cree que las manos juegan un papel tan poderoso e importante como los ojos y que muchas cosas se pueden llegar a decir con el gesto de una mano. Aunque experimenta con cada pintura, siempre mantiene esta idea central en cada una. Bemused usa una paleta brillante pero suave, haciendo un trabajo que trae una sonrisa a la cara. Está impulsada por el afán de crecer en su oficio y crear constantemente. Sus piezas van desde retratos hasta trabajos ligeramente eróticoslos cuales demuestran su identidad como artista.

 

Dasha trabaja principalmente con pinturas de óleo aunque algunas veces implemente el uso de materiales como el mosaico y acrilicos. Crea contenido que provoca al espectador a conectar con su pintura, alimenta por un deseo de crecer en su profesión y crear constantemente. 

Sus piezas varian de portratos a erotico pero nunca vulgar, y estos trabajos demuestran mejor quien es ella como artista. 

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Artist Statement

 

Bemused {Dasha} is a self taught oil portrait painter who was born in Lipetsk, Russia but moved to the US when she was 10 years old. She studied sculpture  in high school which helped understanding the human form. Her influences were Renoir and Degas, who inspired her to appreciate the line and curve of female face and form. Bemused strove to capture the sensuality and emotion she found between the faces, gestures, and expressiveness of her subjects. Her artistic intention was to liberate the softness and delicacy she found in connection with representing femininity in pastel portraiture.

Her pieces represent an evolution in her attitude and technique toward the realistic and impressionistic depiction of the female form.