About
Polina
Kniaz-Petukhovsky
Kniaz-Petukhovsky
A young female artist from Dubai, Polina Kniaz-Petukhovsky (b. 1990), specialises in surrealistic figurative painting and sculpture. She focuses on feminist themes and the exploration of complex emotions in a demanding world where the meaning of a woman is constantly questioned.
Polina’s art journey involves transforming deep childhood traumas and concealed feelings and searching for identity and belonging. She also investigates the contradictory relationship between the fragile inner world and the aggressive outer environment. Polina aims to touch human multi-layered feelings.
Vivid colours and symbolic detailed forms with hidden meanings transform her works into portals of self-discovery, which provoke intense dialogue with inner struggles.
Polina’s art journey involves transforming deep childhood traumas and concealed feelings and searching for identity and belonging. She also investigates the contradictory relationship between the fragile inner world and the aggressive outer environment. Polina aims to touch human multi-layered feelings.
Vivid colours and symbolic detailed forms with hidden meanings transform her works into portals of self-discovery, which provoke intense dialogue with inner struggles.
Read the interview: 10 Questions with Polina Kniaz-Petukhovsky.
Portfolio
Education
2024 Central Saint Martins (UAL). «Contemporary Drawing and Painting»
2017 - 2018 RMA Modern Art program
2012 Boston University
2011 - 2013 ISM
2007 - 2011 HSE
Solo Exhibitions
2024, Tbilisi, Georgia,
"Emotional Kaleidoscope" Exhibition
Group Exhibitions
1-5 May 2024, UAE, Dubai, World Trade Center, World Art Dubai
April 2024 UK, London, Boomer Gallery "Dreams and Nightmares" Exhibition
23 March - 06 April 2024
São Paulo, Brazil, Artly Mix Gallery, "Elementos" Exhibition
April 2024 UK, London, Boomer Gallery "Dreams and Nightmares" Exhibition
23 March - 06 April 2024
São Paulo, Brazil, Artly Mix Gallery, "Elementos" Exhibition
Selected Collections
Private collections, Dubai
Interview
November 2024: 10 Questions with Polina Kniaz-Petukhovsky.
Artistic Statement
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Polina Kniaz-Petukhovski
A young female artist from Dubai, Polina Kniaz-Petukhovsky (b. 1990), specialises in surrealistic figurative painting and sculptures. Her creative endeavours are focused on feminist themes and the artistic exploration of complex female emotions in the demanding world where the meaning of a woman is constantly questioned. Polina’s art journey involves transforming childhood traumas and concealed feelings and seeking identity and belonging. Many of her pieces are dedicated to the contradictory relationship between the fragile inner world and the aggressive outer environment.
Polina uses intricate oil paint glazing techniques and detailing to touch deep, multi-layered human feelings. When a 2D-dimensional canvas cannot express emotions, she makes clay sculptures that can be touched to connect to physical reality. Vivid colours and symbolic forms transform her works into portals of self-discovery that provoke a dialogue with inner struggles.