Maria Teplukhina

I’m Masha, a Kazakh national, living in Bali - the Island of Gods. I’m today a happy mother of a little boy Rocco.

I take my inspiration from what I call “places of power”. Kazakhstan is my home country with its never-ending steps and valleys. Cambodia was my Kingdom of Wonders with its Angkor Wat temple and Buddhist pagodas everywhere for 10 years, and then Bali for the last 3 years with its Hindu temples at every house and street corner.

Producing my artwork is not to fulfill a need. It is an endeavor that allows me to decompress from daily life. It’s a trance and a complete disconnection from reality.

I am a self-made artist without any formal training; I work with pure and unbounded inspiration. You may notice that I don’t observe any traditions, codes, or boundaries.

I have 2 styles: my black, silver, and gold style which is very precise, fine & semi-abstract, and my acrylic paintings which are abstract and filled with colors.

I start my artwork with no theme or picture in my mind, circle after circle connecting the image.
I would rather not name my works but provide the reading guides.
I want to leave a space for people to connect the patterns, to interact with my works, to stimulate the imagination. Every p...

I am a self-made artist

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Kazak-American University (KAU), Almaty, KZ 1997 - 2001 | Bachelor degree in International Relationships
Hickory High School, VA, USA
School #73, Almaty, Kazakhstan

2014 - Joint exhibition "BOX" in Phnom Penh
2015 - Personal exhibition "The flow", Phnom Penh