Maja Hürst : PEGASUS & FOAL Mural, Tvak Ahmedabad

Tika Thek

Mural at Tvak residential art studios and Sunshine School of Arts

Maja Hürst : PEGASUS & FOAL, Tvak Ahmedabad

Switzerland born, self taught artist Maja Hürst was raised in Cairo and Cologne.She lives a nomadic lifestyle. constantly traveling and shifting..moving every few months..leaving behind glorious murals that are in places like Cape Town, Cologne, Atlanta, Bangkok, The Gambia, Rio de Janeiro, Istanbul, Berlin, Alexandria and and Zürich where she spends a lot of time.

Maja has a diploma in Visual communication from the University of Art and Design in Zürich

Her work is Deeply rooted in d.i.y. culture.She experiments with any manual multiplying techniques like wood- or linocut, silkscreen print and stencil. She also creates by using soldering guns, knifes, brushes, pens, ink feathers, rollers, spray paint, scissors, anything crossing her hands. Often her works are covered in a relief of small hand cut silver-tape-leaves and integrated light chains.

Maja at the Tvak Studios in vastrapur, Ahmedabad.

She saw here a different approach to organization and liked what she saw of a large country like ours.” I d like to come and travel the country.. maybe take more trains” she says  

She has painted in Dharavi and Bandra where she was in close proximity to the community & met people from all classes and enjoyed the experience as she dosent define wealth by money. She worked as a a bike messenger for 5 years and she made pizza and sowed clothes and all.. developed photos and edited books and is a DJ. she always did something because she liked doing it but was an artist always somehow. .. if she also made money she was happy.Her universe is clear, graphic shapes and textures. The contrast of precise shapes filled with savagely applied textures and scratches through layers of dust and paint interweave abstract figures of humans with animals and objects to let our day to day life joust with our human inhetitance of tales and symbols. It reminds us of the circles of eternal vanity and leaves a hint of myth.

She has no one single work process but adapts to the context. Walls are approached differently from wok in a studio. she paints for people who will see the wall

as it is something she leaves behind and she moves on. She tries to think of what people will like. Her concepts depend on who lives around where the work will be.

Her studio work is more what she think about and what her day to day life is. More an internal journey,

“The wall painting is interactive n more outgoing. I love the large scale of outdoors and studio work is searching within 

myself the two influence each other and i enjoy both” Hürst's studiowork has been on display at various solo- and group expositions at museums and galleries around the world. 

Painting workshops : Sunrise park, Ahmedabad

Workshop in Basic Techniques of  Acrylic and Watercolour painting

By 

Dishakha Yadav 

at 

 Tvak Studios 

27# sunrise park, bodakdev, opp van chetna kendra, bodakdev.

The first of a series of art workshops launching the "Sunshine School of Arts"

                                                              Managed by Tvak Studios. 

Life in Black and White ! A solo Exhibition of Paintings by Deviba Wala

Life in Black and White ! 

A solo Exhibition of Paintings by Deviba Wala

Ahmedabad / Bangalore

Sponsored by the Gujarat State Lalit Kala Academy

Her paintings are not just unique courtesy their being Black and white but also mesmerizing.She has the ability of combining the various shades of black and tints of white to bring out the proverbial shades of grey that all our lives are so full of. 

She has an innate sense that allows her to explore her imagination giving life and depth to the work. 

It is no wonder therefore that she draws her inspiration from life and every experience of hers, be it big or small, is translated into a visual representation. Art is the language she speaks, and modestly she admits that her art affords her the luxury of making something tangible out of her life. It is her art that serves as her anchor and provides her the tranquillity that is so visible in her every piece.

She deliberately leaves this series without a name. It is only to allow you to find your own meaning. Just as she chooses to be the woman that she is, she believes that it is our own interpretations and beliefs that dictate who we choose to be, or how we see the art of life. These paintings represent a style that is free of rules and pre-conceived notions.

Deviba’s art is a beacon calling out to like minded souls & she has formed some of the most endearing friendships with those who have connected with her art.

Here’s to finding your own perspective, your own meaning …

(Based on the conversation with the artist) - Radhika Narayan

Indiranagar, Bangalore 

Preview at lalit kala Ahmedabad