Diāna Dzene is a figurative and landscape artist from Riga, Latvia, now based in Vienna, Austria. She works in a slow, methodical, layered oil painting technique and is internationally recognised for her sense for light, colour and clear lines.
She appraoches her work with equal parts attentiveness and curiosity. Drawing inspiration from geography, films, culture, old and new masters, architecture and a play of associations, Diāna searches and offers extraordinary from ordinary.
Diāna’s work explores three recurring perspectives: construction, journey and family.
Construction is both metaphor and process - a transformation that begins by dismantling the familiar, known and reconstructing it into a new reality. This creative reconfiguration reveals reality as fluid, shaped by ideas, perceptions, and feelings.
Journeys works include several collections of oil paintings done during or after travelling. Diāna researches the destinations of her travels - either the whole place or something in particular she is visiting. It is Diāna’s way of observing and understanding both the world and herself.
Family gathers studies over the ordinary details of everyday life - and their role in family system and memories.
Across all the three perspectives, water is her most dynamic and present element - a symbol of essence and change, affirming that meaning is not found but continually made.
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For collaborations, commisions or questions - contact Diāna's team via hello@dianadzene.com or on Instagram @diana.dzene.art.
Diāna's works are available at her studios in Vienna and Riga, and online at Saatchi Art gallery.
