Inga Golli

My artistic practice goes back to the experience that defines my identity and that is my blessed childhood. I was born and raised in Tuva, and my earliest memories are of a sincere admiration for the mystery and power of nature, in which the relationships between species and phenomena are coherent, open and simple. In my visual experiences, I develop an expressionist aesthetic, recreating with it that uncluttered, enthusiastic view of the world that is characteristic of a child. A world full of treasures. The world as an inner cosmos.
Exploring my unique cultural code, turning to the indigenous, shamanic practices that fuelled my childhood imagination and which I manifest today in the details of my lifestyle, in these origins I find a mutual respect for the other - for the incomprehensible beings that inhabit this world. In conversations with fire and sky, in fairy tales and legends, I see an example of empathy for non-human beings and any kind of Other. This optic, not yet inoculated with the poison of mutual hatred, is the common ground we all need to address the global challenges of today's postcolonial society, in which the colonising recurrences of anger and fear are still alive.
For me, reclaiming the ancestral cultural cont...

7. Graduated from art school in 1987. I am constantly educating myself. I take many courses from contemporary artists and art historians: In 2020, I took a course in acrylic painting from artist Karina Kinosyan (Russia). In 2021, I took a watercolor course with Karina Kinosyan (Russia). In 2022, I studied color and composition with artist and art historian Victoria Letucheva (Russia). In addition, in 2022, she attended a master class entitled “Contrast as a tool for creating vivid illustrations in acrylic technique” with illustrator Glenda Sburelin (Italy). In 2023, she attended a series of lectures on the history of contemporary art and took a course on “Strategy of Artistic Activity” with theorist Karolina Peskisheva (Russia).

2022 Gallery Ahmet Kale. Cyprus
2022 Fusion of Cultures Fair. Cyprus
2023 Exhibition of Artists of Northern Cyprus. Cyprus
2023 Solo exhibition “Strangers?” Northern Cyprus
2024 International Art Competition “Color Power” (USA – Italy)