Svetlana Tsvirkunova

Born in 1968 in Leningrad, Svetlana graduated from the Leningrad Medical Institute of Public Health and Hygiene. Since 1997, she has been studying form and colour at the workshop of artist Gennady Zubkov. She currently lives in St. Petersburg.

Svetlana Tsvirkunova’s medium of choice is collage. Most of her artworks feature a minimalist palette, intricate glazing, and concise lines. Svetlana assembles every picture by hand, tearing paper of different colour and texture (newspapers, kraft, hand-painted red and black sheets) into tiny pieces and gluing them onto canvas.