SVETLANA MAGENTA
A multimedia abstract artist. Born in 1994 in Stary Oskol, Belgorod Oblast. In 2016, she graduated with a degree in psychology from the Voronezh Institute of Economics and Law. Since 2018, I have lived and worked in St. Petersburg, where I began pursuing an artistic practice. In my work, I explore the phenomena of memory. Since 2023, I have been participating in contemporary art exhibitions and auctions.
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EDUCATION
2012–2016 Voronezh Institute of Economics and Law, Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Voronezh, Russia
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2024 — “Personal Diary, ” Master Gallery, St. Petersburg
2023 — “Yasnoye, ” Berghold Center, St. Petersburg
2023 — “Two Capitals in Contemporary Art, ” Mayakovka Art and Music Center, St. Petersburg
2023 — “Time and Narrative. From Abstraction to Form, ” Markofken Art Gallery, St. Petersburg
AUCTIONS AND MARKETS
2025 — Contemporary Art Auction, CABINET ABSTRACT, St. Petersburg
2024 — Art Market. SETKA, St. Petersburg
2023 — “Auction 26. 50 Years of Art, from Contemporary to Current, ” St. Petersburg Auction House, St. Petersburg
ARTIST STATEMENT
In my work, I explore memory as a process subject to disruptions and distortions. I create visual spaces that are experienced as new experiences and can be perceived as memories.
I’m interested in the processes of memory—fragmentation, false memories, and perceptual distortions. Abstract images resemble landscapes but don’t refer to a specific place. They exist as intermediate states between what’s seen, what’s remembered, and what’s imagined.
My working method is based on the sensation of disruption: it feels like you’ve already been here, although this is impossible to verify. The image becomes a tool for shaping memory, which can be perceived as a personal recollection of the viewer.
My medium is digital painting. I use neon accents and contrasting colors, flickering, and light noise. I create compositions by superimposing translucent layers and cutting out/shifting image fragments, allowing me to work with the image as a fluid structure. This chaotic technique allows me to convey the feeling of fragments of memory.