Dina Bova
Israel

Honorable Mention

"At Home Among Strangers"

Allegorical portrait depicting not only a single person, but the whole layer of Russian intellectuals.

Biography: My art is a world of allegories, metaphors and multifaceted associations. This world is sometimes absurd and paradoxical, sometimes strange and surreal, but this world is a reflection of my true feelings. In this world, different emotions coexist side by side: irony, fear, joy, pain, sometimes even madness and despair, but there�s always a presence of hope and there�s never hatred. My artworks are addressed not to reason, but to the spectators� feelings. My language is the language of intuitive characters and metaphors. I try to avoid flat and primitive clich�s, which appeal...