Manko Apollinaria

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APOLLINARIA MANKO

Born in 1994

Apollinaria was born in Minsk, Belarus. After graduating from her city's School of Fine Arts, she obtained a second degree in design. For over ten years, she expressed her creativity as a designer and illustrator, a chapter in her life that strongly influenced her painting.

Apollinaria loves to explore the theme of still life, because it reveals a deep intimacy, unveils everyday life. It is for her a vector for introspection, a quest for herself, an expression of her femininity.

The artist reinvents the ordinary, transforming it into graphic, poetic images. Minimalism, aestheticism and freshness define her style. The subject comes to life through vibrant, contrasting colors. It shares the leading role with the background, brought onto the same plane. The composition, skilfully constructed and rhythmic, invites us to rediscover the beauty hidden in simplicity.

By depicting objects known to all in their most profound singularity, Apollinaria's paintings become the embodiment of the ambivalence between the intimate and the universal.