Hopefulness (2021) Painting by Helga Gorshe

Helga Gorshe is an artist whose work is deeply rooted in the paradox of belonging and estrangement. Born and raised in the heart of the Mordovian lands, Gorshe navigates a world that feels both intimately familiar and perpetually distant. This tension manifests in her art—an interplay of intuition and structure, texture and void, movement and stillness.
At the core of Gorshe’s practice is a radical trust in feeling. Painting, for her, is an act of release, a space where logic is abandoned in favor of intuition. Her visual language is composed of geometric forms, expressive structures, layered stains, and bold brushstrokes. Her approach remains deeply personal, an exploration of rhythm and fragmentation.
Her canvases pulse with texture and line, embodying an asynchronous quality that mirrors the fluidity of thought. Through abstraction, Gorshe seeks to bridge the gaps between the unspoken and the tangible, guiding the viewer from the ephemeral to the material. Her experimentation with mixed media—acrylic, oil, pastel, charcoal, and embroidery—further deepens this exploration, as threads and fibers extend the motion of her brushstrokes, adding a tactile resonance to her compositions.
Despite the introspective nature of her work, Gorshe values the connection it fosters with her audience. She invites viewers to step into her world of textures, lines, and colors—to experience painting not just visually, but synesthetically. In her art, she offers a journey beyond logic, into a space where color reverberates like sound, and form dissolves into pure emotion.

• Nationality: RUSSIA
• Date of birth : unknown date
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• Groups: Russian Contemporary Artists