Photographed by Ly Villman
ABOUT
Marina De Salis (b. 1989, Moscow) is a Russian-Kazakh artist whose work is tinted with influences from her multicultural past, and inspired by encounters with the natural world, symbols in spirituality, Eurasian folklore, shifting realities and immersive dreams. She primarily paints on silk, chosen for its lightness and symbolic ties to her Kazakh heritage along the Silk Road. Her evolving body of work consists of intricate and multilayered shadowbox paintings, created from individual silk pieces.
She graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London, and studied Graphic Design at Shillington Manchester. She lives and works from her studio in Portland, Oregon.
EDUCATION
2016 Graphic Design, Shillington, Manchester
2011 BA (Hons) Performance Design, Central Saint Martins, London
2009 Fine Art, Central Saint Martins, London
EXHIBITIONS
2025
Transforming Traditions: Art and Folklore | Yavapai College Prescott Art Gallery | Prescott AZ (Group Show)
The LP Show: 100 Artists, 100 Albums | Albina Press | Portland OR (Group Show)
2024
Flora Auras | Sterling | Portland OR (Solo Show)
AWARDS
Print Futures Award, St. Bride Foundation, London 2016
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