French visual artist, born in Moscow. Lives and works in the mountains. The artist turns to the beauty of the surrounding space, capturing various states of nature and objects with the help of photography and collages.

Using photo fragments, video editing and sound, combining reality and fantasy, the author creates new worlds into which she invites the viewer and provokes a conversation with oneself. By connecting identical photo fragments manually, the artist seems to build a bridge between the analogue and digital worlds.

"I am fascinated by the creation of new Universes and unique worlds. By the conversation between nature and a human being. Through water. Through trees. Through flowers. Through clouds. I reflect on living organisms that are capable, perhaps, of conveying thoughts and meanings. I observe the strength and fragility of nature. I am interested in the combination of the real and the fictional, in the search for a metaphor, a symbol, a form.

As a director and cameraman, I was interested in telling real stories of people. Later, I decided to create my own stories related to the world around me. I am trying to find an answer to the eternal question: "How could I convey my feelings in the best way?"

In search of the answer to my question I began to divide a series of moments into fragments. Then, using the fragments of photos, I began to create compositions. Deliberately moving away from a digital collage, I connected one fragment to another manually. This is how the first snowflakes from the petals of flowering plants appeared. This meditative technique of “multiplying” one fragment of an image and connecting the fragments into a new form formed the basis of my art.

Over time, it became obvious for me that statics do not always allow me to convey a subtle and sensual story. The tools, that I had previously used in cinema, - video, sound, editing - came to my aid. Enlivening compositions with the help of video, selecting sound design and coming up with short scripts, I turned to creating video art.

Today I make independent photos, diptychs, collage compositions from a fragment of one photo and animated stories out of my images. My method of observation, borrowed from cinematographic experience, allows me to carry on a conversation with the world around me and with the viewer. Gradually, I add new methods for a more accurate transmission of my feelings." Evgenia Killikh