ARTOZE International Art Magazine | Edition: Oct - Dec, 2020

October - December 2020
ARTOZE
A rtist
Stories
“Inspire and Empower”
See Valentina Alexeevna’s
work on the following page!
Featured artist - Valentina Alexeevna
The charm in the moonlight
makes it the most admirable in
the night sky. To own that kind of
magic one must be unique and build
an aura with originality and love. The
unprecedented beauty of being
the only one to own the variation of
work is a task for the extremely talented
and determined. Composing
new alternatives to bridge the gap
between creativity and standing out
to be noticed is a very important and
difficult task to accomplish.
Someone who has truly worked
to identify the relevance of being
unique is Valentina Alexeevna, a
Russian artist based out in the UAE.
Valentina lives through the eyes and
the world of a doll. She is a visual artist
who works in a variety of mediums.
Her art explores identity, femininity,
and energy visualisation. She often
paints dolls and creates abstract
mixed media art. She encompasses
vibrant colours, solid shapes and a
focus on aesthetics with elements
of glitz, where perfection is essential.
United with circles, squares, 3D
elements and childlike motifs.
She stays away from trends and follows
her vision and embraces the
unfound differences in art and complexity.
Addressing a trend, she prefers
going in the opposite direction
has it gives her the benefit of not
being one in the crowd. She loves
her style of being unique and original
and enjoys challenging herself to
make an impactful difference.
Valentina has a novel
take on the aim of her
artworks, on being
asked she revealed her
thoughts by quoting, "I
live through the eyes and
the world of a doll. My
dolls are an extension
of me, and their world
is my inner reality, they
represent my essence
and help me explore,
express and embrace
my true self. My dolls
are personified indirect
self-portraits and
dollified mini girls with
enlarged baby schema
features, referring to
facial proportions found in infants.
These features amplify doll’s cuteness
and youthfulness, to signify a
deep appreciation for the delicate
feminine nature of women. My dolls
are inspired by children illustration,
kawaii culture and Blythe dolls." Her
divergent take on the kind of art she
portrays is discrete and new.
She was always passionate about
art, however, she pursued business
from The University of Leicester, U.K.
for many years before coming to art.
She learned fine art in the form of
private tutoring, from artists from
the Fine Art Society of Moscow and
became an artist by profession in
Pictured above: Artist, Valentina Alexeevna
2017. She started teaching workshops
for kids and adults as she
got back to Dubai, the place she
was brought up in and the city that
kept her inspired and motivated her
art career. This career path took off
very quickly as she created signature
workshops with her own techniques,
which was completely new,
and nobody had taught before. She
worked and spread her knowledge
and views of art and technique in
almost all art schools in Dubai, various
festivals and was the main art
teacher at World Art Dubai in 2019.
Meanwhile, Valentina was working
on her new art series and have
now left teaching to focus and give
Page 3 | www.artoze.com