INBAL KRISTIN | BREAKING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN MEDIUMS

BREAKING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN MEDIUMS
BY INBAL KRISTIN

“We are in the 21st century, painting realistically in the traditional way with oil on canvas is certainly always impressive and beautiful, but I believe we need to advance in the art. Use different techniques, research, combine mediums, make the viewer ask questions, and get interested.
When people often view my works, they do not understand if it is a painting or a print and which technique I used. It creates many questions, but as far as I’m concerned, I’ve already achieved part of the goal, to stimulate the viewer mentally and emotionally.”
– Inbal Kristin

Inbal Kristin is a multidisciplinary artist based in Ashkelon, Israel. She graduated with Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences and Humanities at the Open University at Ra’anana and a diploma in Media Design at the Ashkelon academy.
In her artistic creation, Inbal uses different mediums, such as Photography, Painting, and digital painting, with the editing process. As a result, her works’ uniqueness is expressed through multiple combined fields such as Photography, painting, and graphic editing. The boundaries between mediums disappear.
In her works, the emphasis is on color, shape, form, line, and textures. The work’s stages include using various mediums during the process, and the final result is Digital Art. The creation process starts with something interesting that she photographed in nature, while in graphic editing, she removes all traces of reality, which leads to a result where it’s impossible to recognize the original photograph.
Sometimes she paints with acrylic on canvas or glues different materials on the canvas; sometimes, she even cuts the canvas into pieces, takes pictures, and then edits on the computer.
As she calls it: “A celebration of creation.”

“At the beginning of my artistic journey, I mainly took photos, but in the last two years, I decided to combine Photography with my two greatest loves: painting and graphic editing. I aim to create art that connects everything together.”

Inbal’s artworks allow the viewers to attribute their own meaning to the work of art. when you look at her works, it’s challenging to guess the exact technique and work process.
According to her: “We are in the 21st century, painting realistically in the traditional way with oil on canvas is certainly always impressive and beautiful, but I believe we need to advance in the art. Use different techniques, research, combine mediums, make the viewer ask questions, and get interested. When people often view my works, they do not understand if it is a painting or a print and which technique I used. It creates many questions, but as far as I’m concerned, I’ve already achieved part of the goal, to stimulate the viewer mentally and emotionally.”
Inbal loves to travel in nature and pay attention to details: “Unfortunately, In this rush life and dynamic atmosphere, people today are in such a hurry that they forget to stop and observe what is around us. Since a young age, I often stopped during walks because I suddenly noticed something interesting. It could have been an exciting texture, colors, strange objects, etc., that caught my attention and stimulated my creativity.”
Inbal was awarded many international awards, including the First prize in “Premio Internazionale Catalani” Messina 2023:A personal exhibition in 2024 at the gallery Spazio Macos, International Prize “PEGASUS for the Arts” Venice 2023, Caravaggio Prize Milan 2022, The Best Modern and Contemporary Artists London Prize 2022, Prague City Award 2022, International Prize Barcelona 2022, International Prize Paris 2022, International Prize Leonardo Da Vinci Florence 2022, YICCA Milan 2021, Arte Divina prize Turin 2022, International Prize David Michelangelo Florence 2022.

Inbal’s work has been exhibited internationally in Solo & Group exhibitions at prestigious biennials and international festivals worldwide. In addition, it has been published in International Magazines and in several international books such as “Photography in the visual culture” (2021, Rome), “Art universal encyclopedia of international art” (2021, Palermo, Italy), “We contemporary- The faces of contemporary Art” (Rome, 2022), and “I Veri Artisti Contemporanei,” Italy (vol 3, 2023).

In October 2023, her work will be exhibited at the prestigious XIII Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy, and awarded the International Prize “PEGASUS for the Arts” at the Scuola Grande of San Teodoro on 18.5.2023, Venice, Italy.

See the full article in Art Market Magazine Issue #79