LINA IRIS VIKTOR'S POWERFUL PORTRAITS OF GOLD The Body Black. Iron, Gold, Ether. (Series in progress) 2015-6 Viktor has been an artist since she can remember. As a kid she performed in plays and films before switching to film production as an undergraduate. After graduating she studied photography at The School of Visual Arts in New York, where she first became immersed in the world of design. Craving the opportunity to create more bold and imaginative work, Viktor transitioned to the realm of fine art in 2013. Viktor’s works, reminiscent of spiritual tapestries past and future, often center around a photograph of the artist herself. However, as she explains: “The image is not about self, but rather dis-identification, abstraction and transformation.” Viktor paints her body, normally in shades of black, white, gold and Majorelle blue, before snapping her portrait. The image is then digitally enhanced and printed onto a canvas, at which point Viktor paints and guilds until, in her words, the image “becomes a seamless conversation between form and the perceived patterning of the universe that surrounds it.” She describes the works as sculptural, due to the materials that pile up on the canvas over time. #linairisviktor #beyondart #gold #imagination #cosmicpowerofgold #beyondentertainment