Ksenia Usacheva, “Un goût de Contemplation”
Ksenia Usacheva will present “Un goût de Contemplation” at the Spéos Gallery, 7 rue Jules Vallès 75011 Paris, from 2nd of October to 9th of November, 2018.
Opening of the exhibition: 2nd of October, 2018, from 6pm to 9pm.
“I let myself be guided by my inspirations and my understanding of beauty,
resulting in the mix of personal perception and technique of substance.”
Exploring the creative universe of Ksenia Usacheva is like participating in an explosion of colors. In search of permanent ideas, she exudes unwavering energy and the desire to create without limitations. Her personality touches many through its fragility that conceals a luminous serenity, both in restraint and its tireless focus on others. Ksenia aims to magnify the look, catch the light and paint without brushes.
Capable of embellishing anyone like a portraitist, she carefully fine-tunes every detail of her works. The universe and ambiances that reflect her vision, are shifted but, in essence, so much more realistic. The resulting photos are rare moments, frozen in time, where beauty emerges, as if by magic.
“Un goût de Contemplation” poses not as a simple title to an exhibition but as a double invitation: to enter into its singular universe and have this extraordinary dreamy sensation that exists only within our subconscious. Bringing inanimate objects to life or transforming real mannequins as a still life is not fantasy for Ksenia.
By mixing different genres trough her vision, she playfully deconstructs the world to create a more enjoyable universe, providing new perspectives for audiences. The visual gymnastics present throughout the collection, immerses the viewer into the singular universe of Ksenia.
Ksenia Usacheva was born in 1991 in Tachkent in Uzbekistan to Russian parents. She spent most of her school years in Khabarovsk in the Far East of Russia. From a young age she became passionate about painting and practicing numerous different activities in the artistic world. She studied Graphic Design in Florence (Italy) in 2012. Back in Russia, she continued studying photography by means of thorough training with very famous Russian photographers.
She moved to Paris in 2013. She graduated the prestigious international school of photography Spéos in 2014. In order to increase her knowledge in History of Art and Visual Arts, she continued studying at the Sorbonne University in Paris (Visual Arts Faculty). She specializes in fashion and child photography, working with French and foreign designers. Taking part in photographing the “behind-the-scenes” catwalk shows of famous fashion house creators.
As a journalist, she travels the world to create photographic projects and her work can be seen in the international press through many publications in national and international magazines. She did her first solo exhibition in Paris in September 2017 at the Arabic World Institute. Ksenia’s work brings together a variety of themes, mixing her knowledge in painting with technical photography. A dreamlike vision full of details and colors, driven by the search for the feeling that reflects perfectly her outlook and her imagination.
Ksenia is a Spéos Alumni 2014 from the Professional Photography in 1 year Program.
