About Alina

Alina Karmadanova is a painter born in Siberia (Russia). She holds a Bachelor's degree in Architecture and Design. From 2018-2023, she was residing and creating in Shanghai, China. From 2022-2024 Alina was studying at Falmouth University (UK) and was getting her Master degree in Illustration online. She graduated from New Brunswick College of Craft and Design with an advanced studio practice certificate. She currently resides in Fredericton, NB, Canada.

Artist Statement

Alina's art centers around exploring the position of women in contemporary society, and how modern-day norms, social media, and technology intersect with the human psyche and emotions.

Through her art, she aims to unpack these intricacies by creating a safe space for dialogue and introspection. Her personal journey of healing from trauma, national identity crisis and researching the impact of social media on individuals led her to become a contemporary artist.

Artist CV

Education

2022-2024 MA Illustration, Falmouth university UK (online)

2023-2024 Advanced Studio practice, NBCCD, Fredericton, NB, Canada

2011-2016 BA Architecture and Design, NRISTU, Irkutsk, Russia

Exhibitions

2024 Exhibition ‘Playground”, “George’s Fry Gallery”, Fredericton, NB, Canada (group)

2023 Exhibition “Home”, International art center, Government house, Fredericton, NB, Canada (group)

2023 NBCCD Craft sale, “George’s Fry Gallery”, Fredericton, NB, Canada (group)

2023 Self-curated exhibition “A-Line”, ''La Cava De Laoma", Shanghai, China (solo)

2023 Chateau gallery, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. "The Narrative" (group)

2023 Mars Popular Art Festival, Wuhan, China (group)

2023 "Holy Art London" and "Aura" Exhibitions, “The Holly Art” Gallery, London, UK (group)

2022 International Group Exhibition ASEAN Culture and Art Exchange center, Creation Season 3, “Present and Future” Xiamen, China (group)

Professional activities

2024 May - 2024 August - Artist in Residency program coordinator for the City of Fredericton

2024 May - 2024 August - Creative casemates art shop and residency

2023- present Solo-propietor “ALine” participating in various art-markets and pop-up shows, Canada

2023 Co-Host “Artist lecture series” talks at Beaverbrook gallery, Fredericton, NB, Canada

2020-2023 Teaching art and art history at Bilingual school and conducting various painting workshops in Shanghai

Residencies

Summer 2024 NBCCD summer residency with a “Forest fairies” project 

Collections

ASEAN Culture and Art Exchange center, Xiamen, China

Selected press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/immigrant-artist-exhibition-fredericton-home-1.7089816

Reflecting

I believe that having a deep connection with a true self is crucial in creating art. Through the series ‘Watercolor Dreams” I aim to find a this connection between dreams, traumas and emotions. I invite the viewer to reflect on their own dreams as an act of self care and self awareness. My dreams and my work is about female experiences, my home culture and events that hurt me. My process is a combination of uncontrolled color exploration and structured line drawing to tell the story and to help the viewer to see their own meaning. 

Apart from making art, my passion is languages. I am learning Mandarin, Spanish, French and Japanese. I love volleyball and going to gym for weight lifting. I take singing classes and in love with classical Russian literature. Me and my husband have two rescued dogs which we baby and love as family members.

All this make me a happy human being and inspire to create art.

Drop a Line

alinablinkova@gmail.com