Secret Forest (2023) Painting by Viktoriia Balandina

Hello! I'm Victoria Balandina, creative pseudonym Torri Vik, an artist from Ukraine. Due to hostilities in my country, I am an internally displaced person. Now I divide my life between two countries Bulgaria and Spain. My art helps me start a new life away from my homeland. I get to know new countries, learn new styles of painting and try to bring something new to my work. Art helps me to live on. I put all my energy into my paintings and they live in the homes and souls of my buyers and collectors. Every day, ideas for more and more new works are born in my head. The concept of my work lies in the spontaneous expression of my inner world with the help of abstract mixed modern writing techniques, as well as the creation of original works based on inner freedom and my special vision of the world around me. In my work, I do not use classical techniques, I am fascinated by experiments with mixing styles. In my paintings there are a lot of voluminous strokes, textural elements, I like to use natural materials such as sand, small stones, texture paste. My canvases are positive, the energy of the world and the values of life.

• Nationality: UKRAINE
• Date of birth : unknown date
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• Groups: Ukrainian Contemporary Artists