Ambient Anxiety by Elina Yuma Sheva & Djuro Selec

1st April - 1st May

Ambient Anxiety presents two ambitious female artists at the beginning of their careers, with a series of abstract paintings exploring an unshakeable sensation that exists in contemporary everyday life. Two modern neuroses collide: environmental helplessness with technological dependency. 

Djuro Selec’s (djuro.art) work explores the relationship between idealised contemporary life and the virtual lives that interrupt it. Her imaginary digital-like scenery portrays how technology moulds our perception of time, nature and oneself.  The artist’s visual dialect mimics a computer graphics one, with masking, airbrushing and grid systems whose glitches invite us to wake up and peek through the cracks of the technosphere.

Elina Yumasheva (elinaart.com) explores the intersection of art and science by working with abstraction and landscapes in mixed media. Her research focuses on environmental issues – being able to emotionally express them as an artist and decipher the science behind them creates her unique signature style. One may observe how the portrayal of light moves from projecting strength, firmness and sharpness to the subtle feeling of softness and fragility.