Elmira Kandy

Artist's statement

"Observers are necessary for finding the Universe of being" - John Wheeler (1911-2008). Theoretical physicist, member of the US National Academy of Sciences. Author of terms:black hole, wormhole, quantum foam.

I explore the concepts of truth, reality and selfhood through the allegory "Plato's Cave" in a new sound of metamodernism and ancient knowledge of Tibet from the point of view of solipsism (a philosophical concept according to which a person recognizes only his own mind as the only reality that exists and is always available for his intervention). The "empty form of emptiness" is used as a metaphor to explain that our reality can only be a reflection of a deeper truth, how we can be limited by our perception of the world, by our own conscious experience. These concepts are used to expand our understanding of the world and what may lie behind the illusion of our perception of reality. Going through my search path from psychology and philosophy to quantum physics and Dzogchen, I create my narration of knowledge through art.

For me, all objects in space are inseparable from each other, they are the only energy and manifestation of my mind.

I create with mixed medium because it allows me to express my tho...

2020-2023 Training in The Art Gallery Sal Seri, Astana, Kazakhstan
2019-2020 Training in BASE Galery, Altea, Spain
2016-2018 Training in Tereza Zaike Art studio, Riga, Latvia

2022-2023. Participation in the group mobile exhibition "Prosperity Lines"
-Museum of Art and Decorative Art n. Sh. Sariyeva
-State Museum of Arts of the Republic of Kazakhstan n. A. Kasteeva, Almaty
- Nevzorov Family Museum of Fine Arts, Semey
-Art Gallery Sal-Seri, Astana
- Museum of Fine Arts in Shymkent

Favourites from publications

Mozaik Magazine, #9, Ocean Indien. Madagaskar, 2023
Kazpravda, 2022
Inbusiness.kz, 2022