Eugenia Gorchakova

Eugenia Gortchakova, Reflection II, 2015, Acryl/Leinwand, 40 x 70 cm © messmer foundation
Eugenia Gortchakova, Reflection II, 2015, Acryl/Leinwand, 40 x 70 cm © messmer foundation

Keeping the value of time conscious is Eugenia Gortchakova’s goal. She has developed a method of materializing time with brushstrokes. Every stroke is a moment of her life. Self-reflection and knowledge counteract the awareness of the finitude of life with something permanent.

born 1950 in Kirov, Russia
1967 – 1972 studied philology at the State University in Moscow
1978 – 1982 studied art history at the State University in Moscow
1991 – 1992 Studio in Paris
Since 1992 studio in Oldenburg, Germany