Anna Livna

Anna Makarova (artist name Anna Livna).

Life is an attempt to balance in flight, to find support and security.
“Know yourself, and you will know the gods and the universe,” says the statement on the ancient Apollo temple wall in Delphi, Greece.
Self-knowledge is the core of my art concept.

I reinterpret my personal experience as a woman, as an artist, as a migrant in the context of Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey”, the Monomyth concept. These are the spirals of my path: I go to the frontier, to the unknown when I feel the need for change, go through challenges, and come out of them renewed. I explore the Hero’s Journey in the artworks of great creators such as Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Mikhail Vrubel, Andrei Tarkovsky, and others.

Migration is one of the themes that I explore in my art, the symbolic death of the past, rebirth in a new quality, adaptation to a new environment, the search for identity. I am part of Russian history and I am part of the modern US history as a migrant. I leave behind the feeling of insecurity and take with me my cultural code, fortitude, courage and willingness to face challenges, the intention to live happily and fight for myself, and I also leave a place for faith in miracles.

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2004 - 2008 Academy of Architecture and Art, Yekaterinburg, Russia
1996 - 2001 Classic Art School, Perm, Russia

September - October 2024
Unlocked Identities Group Art Exhibition, Perseus Gallery, New York, USA.

September - October 2024
Unlocked Identities Virtual Group Art Exhibition with Times Square Broadcasting, HMVC Gallery, New York, USA.

July - August 2024
Not! An Art Fair Group Exhibition, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA.

July 2024
Gestalt Project Space Group Exhibition, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

July 2024
Faces & Figures Online Group Exhibition, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.