MARIA KOSHENKOVA
Glass Artist. Born 1981 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Maria Koshenkova has a Master’s degree from The Art Academy in St. Petersburg and has taken several courses in glass blowing in Scandinavia. In her works, Koshenkova combines the basic raw conditions of humanity (something that her Russian background has installed in her) with a Scandinavian aesthetic that she later adopted. The focus is on communicating powerful ideas and strong emotions. She wants to create an aesthetic experience that opens up several different interpretive possibilities.
Usually, Koshenkova develops a series of sculptures within the same conceptual framework. Characteristic of her artistic process is the genius loci (the specific atmosphere of a place.) In other words, Koshenkova’s works are often directly derived from a specific situation or geographical place. She tries to pave the way from an existing real object or phenomenon, to a new abstract and poetic form, something that has never existed before. In this way, her glass sculptures are metamorphoses of reality. Or as she herself puts it: “Through this artistic remake I strive to complement and reshape the material world I live in.”
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SELECTED ARTWORKS
Black Stuff V, 2014
Antique frame, black glass, silver
60 x 50 x 30 cm
46 800 SEK
Black Stuff VI, 2014
Antique frame, black glass, silver
40 x 30 x 30 cm
20 800 SEK
Black Stuff VII, 2014
Antique frame, black glass, silver
60 x 50 x 30 cm
41 600 SEK
Confused Big White Heart, 2015
Blown sculpted glass
35 x 24 x 25 cm
62 400 SEK
Rusty Botched Black Heart, 2015
Blown sculpted glass
17 x 25 x 20 cm
46 800 SEK
Inflated Liver Black Heart, 2014
Blown sculpted glass
21 x 31 x 25 cm
57 200 SEK
Blue Thin Liberty, 2014
Lost wax model of Statue of Liberty, silver, solid casted clear glass
50 x 25 x 30 cm
62 400 SEK
