Hannah Berestizhevsky

My name is Hannah Berestizhevsky, also known as Mofuta. Mofuta emerged in 2009, during the final project of the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), which I completed that year in ILIS, Illinois Usa. Mofuta means Variety- it is a word in a language spoken in south africa - Sesotho.  I’ve been attracted to visual expression and experiments since I can remember (not that memory should be trusted.) Started drawing murals at the age of 2 using mostly crayons on the white walls of the house, at the age of 5 experimented with watercolor and later on some photography. Took art classes in school as well as painted in artist’s studios and in 2018 I completed the master of arts (MFA) studies at the University of Barcelona, Spain. The studies focused on investigation and production of contemporary art.. or in other words.. understand and justify why I do what I do. 

Currently located in Barcelona. Was born in 1988, Ukrain. In 1989 Immigrated to Israel. When I moved to Barcelona in 2016 I’ve opened my studio “MOFUTA studio gallery”. The space is multifunctional, while most of the time it serves as my studio, it has also metamorphosed into an exhibition space where 13 exhibitions were made. recently I've been giving art education and development class and workshops as well.

While in my work I employ a number of different mediums, My focus is on painting and performance. Considering the core of my artistic formation, painting is certainly the foundational medium for my creative process; it is for this reason that painting, with its theoretical and practical characteristics, has heavily influenced my use of other mediums and affected the approach to my creative process. Every painting is a result of a performance, an action done by the artists, however, its a performance that usually have no spectators, therefore it exists only as a the final result, a painting. 

The production of art is always a process. It requires asking without necessarily seeking answers. Reaching questionable conclusions, trying to balance the logical and emotional by thinking feelings and feeling thoughts. Through the production of art, I aiming to penetrate the viewer’s subconscious, as well as mine, by creating a meditative state or sensation that provokes contemplation. some of my works wish to envelop the viewer's consciousness and invite the audience to delve into the work and ‘transcend’ both themselves and the work of art itself. Many of my works explore the human and nature as a source of inspiration. I aim to raise questions about the human condition and the unnecessary barriers between human beings and nature; or as they are called in the field of ‘eco-criticism – human and non-human living beings. In this way, I wish to state that mankind is ultimately driven by an animalistic and egocentric survival mechanism. In other words, it's a way to criticizes the human sphere through the animal one. 

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