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Art is a channel for me, through which I can express my emotions, be seen and understood by an observer.
Xenia Gray is a contem - porary figurative artist who primarily works in mixed me- dia, including oil, acrylic, and charcoal. Fascinated by un- expressed feelings and things left unsaid, Xenia explores emotions through paintings of the human body. Xenia grew up in Siberia in the aftermath of the Sovi- et Union’s collapse, and her sense of color and aesthetics is heavily influenced by the industrial environment of her hometown. Xenia enrolled in a local art school at nine and continued her art education in Saint Petersburg, where she achieved an MA in advertise -
ment design from Saint Petersburg State University of Technology and Design. She moved to the United States in 2010, and has been living and working in the Washington, DC, area. Artist statement: My work exists in the space between solitude and interconnect - edness, shaped by both my upbringing in post-Soviet Siberia and my ongoing artistic journey. Growing up in an environment marked by vast emptiness and unspoken emotions, I became attuned to silence — both around me and within. This sensibility translates into my paint- ings, where empty space and ambiguity invite contemplation. In my creative process, I strive to let my ego go, allowing intuition and instinct to guide me. Through this, I explore the unseen forces that connect us — to each other, to our origins, and to something far greater than ourselves. My art is, in many ways, a search for the Self — a bridge between personal history and the infinite, between isolation and unity.
Explore More of Xenia’s Work: www.xeniagray.art On Instagram: @xenia.gray
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