Golden Banana

Kallista Ivanova, Russia

Kallista Ivanova - international artist; author of the new direction in the world of contemporary art ARTKALLISTA Style Gold metallic relief images, contours, details, elements and bodies; clean, bright colors; textured surface and elements of a neo-surreal direction are creating slowly but steadily a school/movement in contemporary art, this of Kallista Ivanova, known globally as ARTKALLISTA The term ARTKALLISTA — ( English: art; Greek: kallista – the most beautiful) transliteration — BEAUTIFUL ART . This is an art that excites fantasies and pleases the eyes,  an art that guides and inspires; an art that demonstrates truth, feelings and cultivates love for the beautiful. The leitmotiv of artkallista is beautiful fantasies, love, feelings, beauty in all its aspects, naivete, wellness, confidence, comfort, respect , luxury and power. The main distinguishing features of this art movement are varieties of acrylic painting and decorative art. The works are based on dimensional decorative elements, multiple layers, different details, bright and fresh colours, metallic and gold pigments. The artist works like a sculptor to create dimensional forms with the help of brushes and palette knives on canvas. The mix of deep meaning and aesthetic beauty truly makes such works masterpieces of modern art. Depending on the lighting such works are constantly changing their colour composition, and this way the very image of the created works change as well. Paintings fascinate with a rich colour palette and dimensional details. A subtle perception of beauty fills with powerful energy. This is something new, perfect and even naive … One can feel the trend of a new style, new wave, new time in this art movement… My goal is to open the doors to the World of magical, beautiful art. My mission is that when a person looks at a picture he could read it like a thrilling book and explore the new aspects of art, so he could see beauty and get inspiration for new feats and deeds. Kallista Ivanova was born 1985 in Russia in the small town of Cheboksary in the Republic of Chuvashia. Kallista Ivanova loved to draw since childhood. She has Russian and Armenian roots, grew up in a creative family. Her dad is Armenian who lived in Yerevan, her mom is Russian . When Kallista Ivanova was a little girl she lived in two countries in Russia and Armenia . Her grandfather is a musician and great-grandfather Aidartsyan Khachatur Nikolovich is an artist. Kallista Ivanova started working very early and earned money from the age of 14 selling pies . She started working when dad lost all the money in the casino . But the problems only made Kallista stronger . Kallista Ivanova has two higher educations. She became a successful top manager in a large local company . But Kallista Ivanova quit her job in 2015 . The genes of the family took over, namely the genes of the great-grandfather, and perhaps that's why Kallista devoted herself to art. She began to create original works of art, although she did not take the profession of an artist seriously before. The genes of the artist's great-grandfather seriously played an important role in the life of Kallista Ivanova. She could not stop and in 2017 the first personal art exhibition deduction of Kallista Ivanova was organized . She is a participant and winner of many international art projects and art exhibitions. Kallista organized 9 large solo art exhibitions and participated in more than 30 art exhibitions. She creates luxurious copyrighted artwork, paintings, fashion prints, sculptures and jewelry. She lives and works in Russia and Greece. Today ARTKALLISTA STYLE is a author’s modern art philosophy of beauty and luxury All Social Media / Online Accounts: #artkallista #artkallistastyle #kallistaivanova