Atelje Galerija

Iva Tratnik

Masks: The Curtain is So Thick, but You Can See the North Star

Written by: Slavojka Akrapovič
Photos: Jana Špendl, Tomaž Črnej

Modra V.V., 3,00 x 3,00 m, textile collage, 2017, Photos: Tomaz Črnej — **Modra V.V.**, 3,00 x 3,00 m, textile collage, 2017, Photos: Tomaz Črnej

”Iva speaks of the real world through the prism of fantasy. When she comes across a fact, state, event, object or shape in the external world that sparks her interest, she responds with attention and artistic finesse. In her dynamic exhibition, full of corporeity and details that are rarely random, she features metaphorical and symbolic content, shapes, and signs in a dreamlike or fairy-tale disguise to speak of current events; she does this in a relaxed manner, while still maintaining tension” (Irena Čerčnik, the exhibition Masks, 2017; Zavod Celeia Celje, Center sodobnih umetnosti).

Human Oroborus, 2,47 x 2,47 m, coloured pencil and graphite pencil drawing, collage on paper, 2017 — **Human Oroborus**, 2,47 x 2,47 m, coloured pencil and graphite pencil drawing, collage on paper, 2017

Blanche, ne jezi se!, 2 x 2,75 x 1,65 m, oil on canvas, 2016 — **Blanche, ne jezi se!**, 2 x 2,75 x 1,65 m, oil on canvas, 2016

Digital collage from the exhibition Masks: The Curtain is So Thick, but You Can See the North Star — **The Curtain is So Thick, but You Can See the North Star**, digital collage from the exhibition Masks (Maske).

Iva Tratnik (born 1980 in Celje) received her master’s degree at the Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and Design in 2012. She uses various types of media, most often painting, drawing, photography, installations, and performance. She works independently or joins ad-hoc artist collectives.

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