Kristina Mariinskaya is an artist living and working in Paris. In her practice, she turns to the Renaissance technique of sfumato, drawing inspiration from ancient frescoes faded by the passage of time—like a secret history that has survived through the centuries.
To convey the feeling of a found relic bearing truth, she works on aged paper reminiscent of scrolls preserved in monastic archives. Her reflections on Beauty—as the living breath of the world—are embodied in a soft, inward light. It does not illuminate, but rather remembers.
These WORKS do not seek to be seen. They are like ancient walls that do not speak, but remember. And in their silence, we hear more than in words—we feel the touch of that rare time when the world was whole, and Beauty lived in every speck of light.
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“Working with dry pigment, Kristina Mariinskaya developed a visual language rooted in botanical precision but expanded into the metaphysical. Her delicate, spiraling compositions seem to pulse with invisible forces, echoing the energy fields that connect all living forms. Her approach, suspended between scientific observation and spiritual vibration, embodying a sense of quiet continuity that threads through the exhibition.”
ARCHITECT, DESIGNER, FOUNDER OF ITSLIQUED GROUPE
JUNE 2025
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[ 66cm x 102cm ]
THE LOST WORLD
Natural dry pigment on satin paper
The painting evokes a vision of an ancient world — a realm of beauty and harmony that has not vanished, but lives on within us, waiting to be rediscovered in the heart.
At the center stands a tree — a symbol of the inner axis, the steady core upon which our being rests. Within its trunk lies a shell, a metaphor for the soul, through which the water of knowledge flows — descending and ascending at once.
Its roots reach deep into the earth, into matter and memory, while its branches stretch toward the sky — toward spirit and becoming. This is the meeting of opposites, an emblem of unity and belonging.
Once again, the artist turns to a central theme: true beauty is born in connection — between inner and outer, earth and sky, feminine and masculine.
This work offers a quiet yet clear reminder: truth is always near — in the harmony of opposites and the wholeness we can feel within.
At the center stands a tree — a symbol of the inner axis, the steady core upon which our being rests. Within its trunk lies a shell, a metaphor for the soul, through which the water of knowledge flows — descending and ascending at once.
Its roots reach deep into the earth, into matter and memory, while its branches stretch toward the sky — toward spirit and becoming. This is the meeting of opposites, an emblem of unity and belonging.
Once again, the artist turns to a central theme: true beauty is born in connection — between inner and outer, earth and sky, feminine and masculine.
This work offers a quiet yet clear reminder: truth is always near — in the harmony of opposites and the wholeness we can feel within.
ARTIST, WRITER, CURATEUR, ILLUSTRATOR
“Beauty is a form of Light that becomes visible when the world is in its true state”
KRISTINA MARIINSKAYA
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