ABOUT
My name is Veka Koestinger. I was born in Oaxaca (Mexico). I lived in Spain and now live in France.
I have always been attracted to art.. I started by being part of the high school’s cinema club. Then, I did a year of art preparatory classes. Thanks to which I enrolled in the bachelor’s degree in photo/video at the Gobelins School of Image, where I was able to study thanks to a scholarship from Universal Music France. A year after my degree, I entered the third-year equivalence program at the Beaux Arts de Nice, Villa Arson.
I am mainly interested in photography and imagery. Because I find a comforting freedom within which I allow myself to join different practices.
I am mainly inspired by my twin sister, the human, the cinematographic side, the lights, the absurd, certain places and what is in my head.
I have several ways to work :
– Through my obsessions like water, chiaroscuro, birds flying, a moment and more. The photos are taken at the moment, as if I were taking notes. On the contrary, I, sometimes observe, stop to watch people live and be. I find humans fascinating. The last step is the choice I make to leave them as they are, or to modify them to create new imaginary worlds, making them surrealistic or disruptive.
– Another way, is to control everything that is in the frame. I plan everything, I know how the image will be. I like to create scenes, show fragments of fictional stories to which the observer can imagine a sequel. I like that these are absurd, or that there is a ‘uncanny feeling’.
– Exploring the object. Create them and bring them to life by staging them and taking photos of them.
I am in search of a specific aestheticism, I like the beautiful.
Through my work, I want to show who I am, my thoughts, and my quirks.
If you would like to purchase one of my artworks or for any other enquiries send me a email at veka.koestinger@gmail.com via the contact button.
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EXHIBITIONS:
SOLO EXHIBITION in « Alter Natives », 4 Rue Pierre Devoluy, Nice, 14th of July to the 3rd of October.
GROUP EXHIBITION in the Zephyr & l’Olivier galerie, 17 rue François Coudreux in La Chartre-sur-le-Loir, from the 16th to the 27th of December 2023. With the artist painter Stephanie de Malherbe.
GROUP EXHIBITION in « LA CÉSURE » space, 13 rue Santeuil in the 5th district of Paris, the 7th and 8th of June 2023. Showcasing our diplomas at the School of Image Gobelins.
GROUP EXHIBITION in an appartement in the 4th district in Paris « Expo Appartementale », from the 26th to the 29th of May 2022.
GROUP EXHIBITION in an appartement in the 4th district in Paris « Expo Appartementale », from the 10th to the 12th of December 2021.
GROUP EXHIBITION in the Tia Gourmet, 73 Rue des Halles Tours, France from the 6th of June to the 5th of July 2019.
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DOSSIER ARTISTIQUE