Diana Arkhi

Diana Arkhi's analytical painting is actually skillful, organic painting, where every detail, each fragment is alive. She channels an artist's consciousness, which, according to her, "penetrates through the material and creates a new… the hidden lining of universal creation and an essence of world consciousness that composes and gives birth to other new forms of life."  As inspirations, Wassily Kandinski, Kasimir Malevich, and Michael Vrubel continually help Arkhi find in art "some deep magical unreal reality." This mystical quality is palpable in her work, even as it is executed with a methodical technical mastery. The minute attention to detail in her works comes from her background in art restorations, as she has worked with treasured antique orthodox icons, tempera paintings, wood carved painted sculpture, works with gold leaf and gold/silver imitations.

Born in Kishinev, Moldova, Arkhi has been commissioned to paint for Pope Benedict XVI and has participated in major art exhibitions and had solo shows throughout Western Europe and the Baltics.