Visual artist Alexandra Pikunova Follow.Art Card

About me

In my art practice I explore the relationship between people and architecture - not from the perspective of architects, but of everyday individuals who live in, pass by, and respond to buildings. I'm interested in how architecture shapes social behavior and how, in return, people assign personal and cultural meaning to buildings and individual architectural elements.
Growing up surrounded by architecture of the 1970s and 80s, I’ve absorbed its visual language - geometric forms, repetition, raw concrete - and this continues to influence how I see and structure the world around me. Thus in my the Water series, I juxtapose the unpredictable movement of the sea with
my urge to impose geometric order. This tension reflects my inner experience: the pull between chaos and control, nature and structure.
Cyanotype is my main medium because it naturally connects with these themes. I return it to its original function - reproducing architectural drawings, and it also helps to reflect the ideas of memory, time, and disappearance, that are inextricably linked to architecture as a silent witness to human presence, absence, and change. Through my work, I aim to reflect on architecture not just as form, but as a social and emotional space.