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Ekaterina Aristova
Born (1986-12-14) 14 December 1986 (age 38)
Moscow, Russia
EducationAcadémie de la Grande Chaumière, ENSBA, Université Paris Dauphine, Moscow State University
Notable work
MovementAbstract art, Abstract expressionism, Symbolism

Ekaterina Aristova is a Russian and French artist painter,[1] born on 14 December 1986 in Moscow, Russia. Living and working in Paris, France. Founder of Unconscious art.[2]

Biography

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Ekaterina Aristova is born in Moscow, Russia, on 14 December 1986.[3] She is known as the "painter of the Soul"[4] and the founder of the Unconscious approach to art, when chaotic abstraction finds form. Aristova developed a unique approach, creating an abstract charcoal drawing blindfolded, then isolating a recognizable form and meaning from the abstract chaos, finding connections between the inner unconscious and global events and cataclysms.[5] · .[6]

Ekaterina Aristova's featured among the 30 most expensive contemporary and post-war artists according to the results of the auction at Christie's in Paris on April 30, 2024. The artwork "Svistoplyaska" (study in red) was sold 5 times its highest estimate.[7]

Career

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Ekaterina Aristova arrived in Paris in 2009 to continue her doctoral studies started at Moscow State University. In Paris, she met a painter, Sergei Toutounov, who inspired her and encouraged to try her hand at being an artist. After a year of artistic studies under his tutelage, working in his studio and alongside him in the open air, she took a break and returned to Moscow where she met her future husband and returned with him to France a year later. She worked in finance for two years but in 2014, she broke away definitively to devote herself entirely to art..[4]

She studied art history at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris as a free student and studied the morphology of the human body from live models in the famous large historical studio of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Montparnasse. She lives next to the La Ruche. She is inspired by Modigliani, Zinaida Serebriakova, Nicolas de Staël, she admires Cy Twombly.[8]

During her studies, she also worked as a professional model and tried her hand at being an actress. Ekaterina Aristova participated in PFW19 and worked with many famous fashion photographers. Aristova starred and danced in the music video for "Rock it!" by the music duo Ofenbach in 2019. She also appeared in Mustafa Ozgun's film "The Pink Thief" in 2020.[9]

Aristova directed and starred as the main character in her short film "Oasis" (2022) dedicated to her series of artworks of the same name.[9]

From 2015 to 2020, she exhibited in Paris, Rome and Madrid.[10] After the Covid19 pandemic she presented her first abstract series "Manifesto: Unconscious Art" in December 2020 in Paris. The statement was officially published in her first monograph on December 14, 2023.[11]

The most remarkable works to date : The Pool (« La Piscine ») (2020),.[12] The Red Horse Bathing (« Le bain du cheval rouge ») (2021),[13] « Le soleil blanc » (2021)[4], « The Soul (L'âme ») (2021)[4], « Requiem » (2021)[1], « Pélerin » (2022)[8], « Svistoplyaska »,[14] « Annonciation (Marie et Gabriel) » (2023),[15] The Red Mountain (« La Montagne Rouge ») (2023),[16] « Paradiso » series (2023)[17] interpreted to « The Divine Comedy » by Dante Alighieri. All works of Ekaterina Aristova have a symbolic, spiritual and philosophical meaning often linked to historical or current events.[16]

Books (Monographs)

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Ekaterina Aristova, « Art of Unconscious: Manifesto of the Soul» I « L'Art inconscient : Manifeste de l'âme », 2023, Paris (BNF) - published on 14 December 2023.[11]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b "Ekaterina Aristova : "Je travaille l'idée, le concept et l'âme"". December 30, 2021.
  2. ^ "Édition N°2547 du 14 février 2023". Le Quotidien de l'Art.
  3. ^ "▷ Ekaterina Aristova | Achat d'Œuvres et Biographie - Artsper". ▷ Artsper | Achat tableaux et œuvres d'Art Contemporain.
  4. ^ a b c d "Ekaterina Aristova, peintre de l'âme". Beaux Arts. June 28, 2021.
  5. ^ {{lien web |titre=Ekaterina Aristova : "L'âme est une énergie sans forme ni couleur" |url= https://oursmagazine.fr/culture/ekaterina-aristova/
  6. ^ {{lien web |titre=Interview with Ekaterina Aristova |url= https://www.singulart.com/en/blog/2023/01/10/interview-with-ekaterina-aristova/
  7. ^ https://www.christies.com/en/search?entry=Ekaterina%20Aristova&page=1&sortby=relevance&tab=sold_lots
  8. ^ a b "Ekaterina Aristova : "L'âme est une énergie sans forme ni couleur"". August 16, 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Ekaterina Aristova | Actress". IMDb.
  10. ^ "Bio". Ekaterina Aristova.
  11. ^ a b Aristova, Ekaterina (November 27, 2023). "Art of unconscious : manifesto of the soul". Ekaterina Aristova – via BnF Catalogue général (http:// catalogue.bnf.fr).
  12. ^ "La Piscine (Ltd.) - Ekaterina Aristova - Ink on Canvas". www.singulart.com. November 27, 2021.
  13. ^ Aristova, Ekaterina (September 15, 2021). "Bathing of a Red Horse (2021)". Ekaterina Aristova.
  14. ^ (2023)https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/art-contemporain-vente-online/ekaterina-aristova-nee-en-1986-25/221550
  15. ^ "Annunciation (Marie & Gabriel)". Ekaterina Aristova.
  16. ^ a b "Works". Ekaterina Aristova.
  17. ^ "Paradise". Ekaterina Aristova.
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