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Lira Kay was born in St Petersburg. Before moving to England, as well as studying Art, she graduated as a psychologist and teacher and also worked for a local television company as a news reporter and presenter.
She has actively participated in several art projects, including workshops, teaching Art and exhibiting in Contemporary Art galleries and museums in Estonia, England and France. Lira is represented by galleries in London, York and Barcelona. She have won the Regional Prize for East Anglia at The Discerning Eye Exhibition at The Mall Gallery in 2005 in London. Had been working in Kensington and Chelsea College studios in 2006-2007. Sins March 2008 lives and works in Marseille, France.
Lira Kay’s paintings are rooted in deep reflectiveness, and it is of significance that her educational background includes the study of Psychology. She also uses meditative techniques to evoke the deep energies which underpin her work, particularly her graphics.
The viewer will be struck by the boldness and freedom of her canvases. Influenced by Kandinski, her paintings show a vibrant appreciation of the power of colour to communicate energy.
Her work is largely abstract or semi-abstract, and often centres on archetypal images, sometimes with a Shamanic influence, sometimes acting like mandalas or Russian icons, providing a meditative focus for the viewer.
As well as abstract paintings there are representational works inspired by travelling in Russia, France, Italy and Scotland.
Her abstract paintings are like snapshots of life, reflections on key experiences and feelings everyone goes through. They start you thinking and feeling. They bring in the most intimate feelings to do with the spiritual, moral and physical aspects of our lives. |
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