Lot: 71
Artist: Marina Kim
Title: Kiss
Medium: Etching
Framed size: 33cm x 30cm
Price range of artists similar works: £80 - £250
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About the artist:
I was born in Uzbekistan, and spent the first 30 years of my life there. I
studied Art at the Republican Art College in Tashkent under Professor
Mikhail Sorkin. While I was preparing my diploma work - a series of
illustrations for the "Decameron" by Boccaccio - I opened an art gallery
in Tashkent called "27 Square Metres", with my friend and partner
Oksana Saychenko.
After two years in business I realised that I needed to live in a country
with a thriving art market. So, in 2000, I moved to London, where I met
my future husband Tim Roche. We organised our first exhibition
together "Beyond the Great Silk Road" at the Arndean Gallery in Cork
Street in London. Later, we moved to Rye, in East Sussex, and opened
our own gallery in 2002. Roche Gallery is situated in the High Street of
the lovely old town of Rye. Mostly we show my own work, although there
are also artworks by some of my fellow artists from Uzbekistan. We
provide framing services as well.
I specialise in portraiture, approaching it through a variety of media: oil,
watercolour, tempera, pencil, ink... A large part of my creative output is
printmaking in its various forms. Some of my most interesting life
drawings usually end up as original prints - dry point, etching, or
mezzotint; monotype or linocut. Still life offers the opportunity to indulge
in the technical nuances of working with colour and texture. Recently I
have become interested in landscapes, inspired by the views from her
studio overlooking the River Tilling.