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Ekaterina-Mariya Mitkos
A person who loves to paint
I was born at the beggining of this century in Ruse - the northeastward part of Bulgaria. Graduated in 2019 at National school of arts ,, Proffesor Veselin Stoyanov" in sculpture class.
( sculpture wasn't really my thing back then but i believe it wasn't vainly neither needless)
In my early high school years i was dedicaded to the monumental arts so even started working as an apprentice at the art studio for making decors and props in State Opera Ruse.
I graduated in my bachelor's degree of ,,Mural painting and techniques" at University of Veliko Turnovo St Cyril and St. Methodius.
Graduation class of year 2023
Long story short i mostly live as a freelance painter and illustrator since couple of years ago. Could apply also that i'm currently working as a gallerist in a dynamic space called Narrativa which is located in Veliko Tarnovo.
During my attempts to manner myself into working with people, became a co-founder of a space that can be considered as a shelter for everyone who tolerates, practice or seek for art.. It wears the name ''Garazhj''
Looking forward to continue my education in the direction of art.
When and how, only time can show. :)
Below you can see some of my artwork .
I LOVE SHAPES
Gabrovtsi ART-NATURE Symposium - 2024
/Bulgaria/
I participated in Gabrovtsi ART-NATURE symposium " BACK TO THE RIVER" by Duppini ART Group as a volunteer, but mannaged to create this sculpture.
It may be said that it depicts my urge to connect everything with sertain shapes in order to create the "process of thought" during work more comfortable. After using the idea of shape and form as a crutch, sometimes actual art follows me on the way.
Material:
stone\twine\wood\clay
(all used resourses are from the local surrounding)
. CARE .
/2024/
This puppet was created to be exhibited in the group exhibition - "Act of intersection"
The exhibition itself was a colaboration between two creative groups. TAAP -The Artst At Play (Sofia) and Garazhj (Veliko Tarnovo)
Both sides had to select 8 artists that didn't heard of each other and make them work together in a spontaneous order. Each artist wrote an instruction for creating an artwork. Then all of the instructions were exchanged between the artist from both cities. Each one of us recieved someone else's instruction. During the process everyone was free to interpret the food for thought.
This mutual act made us create with honesty and curiosity.
My interpretation was over Glenda Cucci's instructions
The instruction
The interpretation
I couldn't think of hurting a creation that is in my likeness... Instead i wanted to take care for it.
Decided to make a human sized puppet from grass. In that way i had to take my time an attention to it by prolonging the process of creation.
Later, the fully grown soft sculpture fulfilled it's destiny by taking care of the gut health of my three cats.
The part with the harm and destruction was left in their paws
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The fruit of knowledge
Diploma project
2024
The mural is located in Dimitar Blagoev Primary School - Veliko Tarnovo/Bulgaria
dimentions of 16,5 sq.m.
The fruit of Knowledge
The subject of the project focuses on the cognitive path we all take. The overall composition has an abstract layout, because the accumulation of knowledge and the handling of thought can be observed as an individual and abstract processes.
Тhe mural is influenced mostly by one of the theories of the psychologist Carl Gustav Jung. The theory of the collective unconsciousness. The theory by itself states that - The collective unconscious, accommodates in all the past, already forgotten experience of humanity. Information that is stored deep in our subconsciousness.
Relying on this theory, Jung makes a direct connection between the ,,collective unconscious,, and the early drawings in the childhood period.
Following the same theory, there are visible archetypes in depiction which start to be noticeable… such as - the infantilize of objects, the creation of the image of the human-like cephalopod, the flat depiction of space and perspective..) The observed identity , constitutes the fundamental proof of his theory.
The collective unconscious, as a phenomenon, however, is active during the human life span .
With the accreting life experience, a person begins to ask itself new and new questions, and the sources of answers become more and more abstract. While seeking for an answer, we maneuver between the intuition that was given to us by the unconscious of the unknown and by our own sanity. Knowledge is the only tool that has the power to forestall the endless wandering through our life path.
The fruits of knowledge are the conscious product of the thought that we create at different stages of our human development. It is our responsibility to pass knowledge on to the next generation. The school environment is one of the places where this mission is made a reality. This reaffirms my belief that the composition I designed for this environment is appropriate and in symbiosis with the school’s activities.
After all, what is more appropriate than to bestow the fruit of Knowledge?
Contact
Like what you see? Get in touch to learn more.
№ ,,11" ,,Konstantin Velichkov "street Ruse/Bulgaria
+359889024545
