explosion (2018) Painting by Yana Konopleva

The Artist explores, critiques and questions cultural constructs of identity.  Yana's works are permeated with wry humor, irony, and erotica.  More often reflecting her exploration of female identity and women's place in society.  Traveling a lot, including Asia, East, Europe and South America.  Yana explores the culture of countries, history, philosophy, politics, religion and identity in her works.  Yana both adheres to and does not overthrow the limitations of centuries-old artistic traditions.  playing with iconography and freely choosing images from different sources to challenge such polarities as oriental art and contemporary eroticism.  For me, these are playful and deliberately ambiguous images, with which I hope to create a gap or distance in political, religious ideologies, opening up opportunities for uncertainty and opening up different points of view.

• Nationality: SPAIN
• Date of birth : 1981
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary Spanish Artists