{"id":24804,"date":"2025-08-08T08:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/?p=24804"},"modified":"2025-08-09T00:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T00:50:08","slug":"evgeniya-korkunova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/2025\/08\/08\/evgeniya-korkunova\/","title":{"rendered":"Evgeniya Korkunova"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24804\" class=\"elementor elementor-24804\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f92212a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f92212a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f009678 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f009678\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 22-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Year of birth: 1984<br \/>Where do you live: Moscow, Russia<br \/>Your education: First education a lawyer, an interpreter on humanitarian specialties; an advocate till 2013<br \/>Describe your art in three words: Sensual, deep, surrealistic<br \/>Your discipline: One picture a day, yoga-therapy and down with sugar<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/e.korkunova\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e16078c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e16078c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88cc51d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88cc51d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24789 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-Vacuum.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-Vacuum.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-Vacuum-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-Vacuum-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-Vacuum-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-Vacuum-600x399.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/> Evgeniya Korkunova | Vacuum<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your work often combines minimalism, surrealism, and sensuality. What inspires you to blend these elements, and how do you balance them in your compositions?<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I suppose it\u2019s obvious, that artist\u2019s works reflect his perception of reality in common. When speaking about minimalism I always try not to \u201coverweight\u201d the work: it often has one main accent, and supportive objects. And I often leave the place for a small miracle, a surreal one, and it becomes accented on its own. Sensuality is my daily routine that I\u2019m living with) By the way, this is the theme of my current project \u201cOversensitive\u201d that I\u2019ve started recently.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of your pieces are set in nature and use soft natural light. What draws you to work in natural environments, and how do you choose your locations?<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nature location is where my inspiration comes from, that\u2019s why I start thinking the idea over with the Place. Nature, its colours and textures is the endless source of inspiration for me. No matter which season is now, the weather conditions just help me to realise the concrete idea.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The location scouting is an important part of creative process, it\u2019s like to find the main hero. And when you find the suitable place, that you began to fill the space with your vision, make it 3d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24790 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-Untitled-30X20-Edition-Of-20-Light-Sleeper-Project.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-Untitled-30X20-Edition-Of-20-Light-Sleeper-Project.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-Untitled-30X20-Edition-Of-20-Light-Sleeper-Project-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-Untitled-30X20-Edition-Of-20-Light-Sleeper-Project-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-Untitled-30X20-Edition-Of-20-Light-Sleeper-Project-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-Untitled-30X20-Edition-Of-20-Light-Sleeper-Project-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In your installations, objects often take on symbolic roles. Could you share an example where an object became central to the meaning of a project?<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we talk about still life and making installations for them it\u2019s a little different. It\u2019s fully intuitive process for me. When dealing with objects you follow your vision and viewing experiences, picking up the opposite objects that may unexpectedly match with one another by the form or texture. It becomes a sort of meditation for me, so it reflects my current condition. To me the most vivid images that became the characters of their own are the works from my first project I am.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How did your background in documentary photography influence your current artistic voice and vision?<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First and main thing is catching the moment. Following the impulse, inner voice, intuition- whatever it is called. When you capture the street scenes this is the most important &#8211; to react immediately, not to think whether it\u2019s needed or not &#8211; just push the button.. Even if it seems strange at first sight &#8211; trust the voice).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24791 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-Untitled-30X20-Edition-Of-20-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-Untitled-30X20-Edition-Of-20-1.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-Untitled-30X20-Edition-Of-20-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-Untitled-30X20-Edition-Of-20-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-Untitled-30X20-Edition-Of-20-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-Untitled-30X20-Edition-Of-20-1-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ve collaborated with various artists across different regions. What do these collaborations bring to your practice?<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of them influenced in their own way, but it always has been a self-discovery.. Sometimes it was a kind of therapy, sometimes a real challenge that you should go through. But in the end the result has always been valuable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I remember our mentor\u2019s statement: \u201cYou\u2019re in the woods, you have sticks, leaves and 2 hours left: give me a masterpiece\u201d. At least it makes you think hard, as a result &#8211; stresses your imagination.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All this experience formed me and gave the basis, how to approach to the idea.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you know when a project is finished, especially when it starts as an intuitive journey?<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be frank I never feel it\u2019s finished. Sometimes my projects find the continuation in the next ones. Some of them grow from one another. So answering the question &#8211; it\u2019s still exist intuitively)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24792 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-The-Flash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-The-Flash.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-The-Flash-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-The-Flash-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-The-Flash-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Evgeniya-Korkunova-The-Flash-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/> Evgeniya Korkunova | The Flash<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What role does the viewer play in your art? Do you aim to provoke specific reactions, or do you prefer to leave space for personal interpretation?<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most precious thing for me as for the artist is to touch the soul in some way. Let it be the intimate, personal experience of the spectator himself, I don\u2019t want to impose any points. The last thing I want is to declare something literally \u00abhead-on\u00bb. For me this kind of \u201cliterature\u201d makes visual art insufficient and useless: if you can\u2019t make the viewer feel something when looking at your work, why doing it?&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wish I could make the viewer feel and make this dialogue memorable\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Year of birth: 1984Where do you live: Moscow, RussiaYour education: First education a lawyer, an interpreter on humanitarian specialties; an advocate till 2013Describe your art in three words: Sensual, deep, surrealisticYour discipline: One picture a day, yoga-therapy and down with sugarInstagram Evgeniya Korkunova | Vacuum Your work often combines minimalism, surrealism, and sensuality. 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