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Sarah Svetlana

Sarah Svetlana


Sarah Svetlana is a renowned abstract artist based in Los Angeles. Svetlana's original abstract artworks offer a captivating glimpse into the intricacies of the human experience, drawing inspiration from a diverse range of sources and influences. Her unique artistic style is heavily influenced by her upbringing in the irreconcilable cultures of Soviet Belarus and immigrant America, which has led to a constant search for identity and self-expression.

As a refugee child from the Soviet Union, Sarah Svetlana's upbringing in Los Angeles was marked by a constant search for identity, which became the driving force behind her artistic pursuits. Her acute observation skills are evident in her mesmerizing paintings, which capture the stillness within each gesture of hectic movement. Through a methodical application of color, she creates powerful narratives that evoke a spectral and surreal sense of home. Her artworks offer a unique insight into the human experience, inviting viewers to explore their own sense of identity and belonging within a constantly changing world.

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Sarah Svetlana is an abstract painter who explores the fragmentation of the subject in an ongoing search for a home. Her paintings attempt to reconcile her upbringing in the irreconcilable cultures of the Soviet Belarus and Immigrant America by drawing roadmaps between two worlds.

A refugee child from the Soviet Union, Svetlana grew up in Los Angeles. Her constant search for identity drives her to create. Always observing and noticing the smallest detail within a detail, her paintings do not only suggest hectic movement, but the stillness locked in each gesture of that movement.

Her work is “rooted somewhere between the insanity of Wassily Kandinsky and the line-certainty of the early 20th century Futurists.” Each painting is a piece of the complex topography that defines both her identity and her work. Through the narratives created by a methodical application of color, she delivers an invocation of home - spectral and surreal, but familiar at the same time.

For Svetlana, “Perfection is boring. The colors I chose are inspired by my childhood. The bright palette and shapes soothe my soul, and each line, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant, is a vital moment, an emotion, suspended in time.”

Sarah Svetlana is an abstract painter who explores the fragmentation of the subject in an ongoing search for a home. Her paintings attempt to reconcile her upbringing in the irreconcilable cultures of the Soviet Belarus and Immigrant America by drawing roadmaps between two worlds.

A refugee child from the Soviet Union, Svetlana grew up in Los Angeles. Her constant search for identity drives her to create. Always observing and noticing the smallest detail within a detail, her paintings do not only suggest hectic movement, but the stillness locked in each gesture of that movement.

Her work is “rooted somewhere between the insanity of Wassily Kandinsky and the line-certainty of the early 20th century Futurists.” Each painting is a piece of the complex topography that defines both her identity and her work. Through the narratives created by a methodical application of color, she delivers an invocation of home - spectral and surreal, but familiar at the same time.

For Svetlana, “Perfection is boring. The colors I chose are inspired by my childhood. The bright palette and shapes soothe my soul, and each line, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant, is a vital moment, an emotion, suspended in time.”


EXHIBITIONS

2024        Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA

                Torrance Art Museum, CA, USA

2022 Uncertainty Principles, Artspace Warehouse
The Leftovers, ShockBoxx
No Man's Land, ShockBoxx
The Moods of Winter, ShockBoxx
2021 A Walk on The Lighter Side, Artspace Warehouse
Outside the Circle, Artspace Warehouse
Madre, ShockBoxx
Dude, Unmute Yourself!, ShockBoxx
Thick, ShockBoxx
Hot Damn, ShockBoxx
2020 Astrid Needs The Bail Money, ShockBoxx
Astrid Found The Password (Again)., ShockBoxx
Astrid Found The Password, ShockBoxx
Irregularly Scheduled, ShockBoxx
This: is The Program, ShockBoxx
2020 POWERHOUSE, ShockBoxx
2019 Factual Adaptation, Artspace Warehouse
Rhymes with Dead, ShockBoxx

SOLO EXHIBTIONS
2020 секретный сад [Secret Garden], ShockBoxx

TV & FILM

ROAR, Apple TV

Dave S3, FX