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Hi! My name is Irina Metz, I am a visual artist based in Yerevan, Armenia. I was blessed to study at the studios of the most distinguished contemporary impressionists in Russia and Italy. My art is dedicated to concept of Happiness as perceived by ordinary people representing various cultures around the world. I am studying visual content that bears universal code of inner peace and joy. The metamodernist image of Blue Bird helps me to convey this concept. It is either present on the canvas or lives outside of it as a sensation, as a harbinger of hope and happiness. I travel a lot around the world collecting my personal mosaics of cultural signs from various nations in search of parallels that unite seemingly distant people.

您会如何向第一次看到作品的人描述它？我作品的主要成分是光。我的主要意图是将幸福和宁静的感觉带入现代动态世界。油彩的轻柔笔触在画布上流畅地相互作用，讲述着每件作品的故事，并邀请观众沉思和审视自己。

What and which artists have influenced your work?

My art was largely influenced by world-renowned impressionists including Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Monet, Edgar Degas, Konstantin Korovin, Zinaida Serebryakova and Igor Grabar’ along with contemporary artists Bato Dugarzhapov, Svetlana Perotti, Paul Paiement, Gala Museridze, Svetlana Rumak and esthetics of photographer Kisetsu Kajin. 

如果您可以与过去或现在的任何一位艺术家合作，您会选择谁？为什么？在所有艺术家中，我非常想与米拉·弗斯托娃合作。她艺术中展开的令人着迷的故事让我屏住呼吸，沉浸在女性梦想和现实的世界中。艺术家通过结合女性日常生活和灵魂的自然和人造元素，巧妙地传达了无数隐喻层次。她经常转向鸟类的形象，以补充她的艺术所唤起的希望感。我相信与米拉一起从事一个项目将使我们双方发现研究和描绘女性身份的其他角度和方法。

I would also name Louise Erdrich one of the most distinguished contemporary writers of Native American origin. Her novels “Love Medicine”, “The Porcupine Year" and “The Blue Jay’s Dance” deeply impressed me by the ways the author is portraying complex characters in search of their happiness. Her works became central for my PhD thesis in linguistics dedicated to issues of identity in modern society. I am planning a series of paintings studying the role of Bluebird’s image in Native American monomyth as reflection of universal keys to human’s happiness. Ms Erdrich’s input and artistic vision would make a priceless part of this series’ concept.

What can we expect to see from you in the future?

Right now I am working on a series “Under the Bluebird Skies” that includes paintings and panels of mixed media: oil, acrylic, paper, sand, wood, ash, resin, plastic, etc. United by one theme these works are my glimpse of what true and illusionary Happiness can mean nowadays. Hope, home, purity, love, prosperity, aspirations and achievements are portrayed as eternal values from various perspectives. Combination of traditional and modern techniques, natural and synthetic materials allows pursue of Happiness in my art guide the audience on a journey towards one’s true inner self.

我最喜欢的 5 件艺术品

1 - 光之花园，2017 年，布面油画

2 - Woke Up Too Early For Love, 2022, oil on canvas

3 - The Smell Of Cherry Jam, 2023, oil on canvas

4 - Reflections, 2017, oil on canvas

5 - Hortensia Morning Dreams, 2016, oil on canvas