Lina Iris Viktor
1 collaboration
Viktor is a multi-disciplinary artist known for her opulent compositions that juxtapose deep black and lapis against thick, 24-karat gold-leaf. With a background in theatre and film, she combines painting, photography and performance to create arresting portraits of powerful women. The works reference ancient histories from multiple empires that existed across Central and West Africa and are also inspired by mathematics and astrophysics. These scientific approaches inform Viktor’s intricate and methodical process which utilises traditional gilding techniques, layers of pigment and deep sheens of resin and lacquer. The artist calls her art “light-works,” referring to their symbolic use of extreme contrast to pose philosophical questions about the nature of black and gold, light and dark, life and death.
