Maria rivans biography
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Maria Rivans
Maria Rivans graduated in 3D design from Brighton Art College in She has exhibited in art fairs across the UK, as well as in New York City and in she was a finalist in the Aesthetica Creative Works Competition. Maria has a strong collector following and her work is highly sought after.
Maria Rivans’ eye-popping collages explore the idea of existing alternate realities and fantastical other worlds which transport us into a surreal and exciting universe. By appropriating an array of sourced vintage ephemera, Maria seeks to overwhelm us with her compositions by combining vivid and seductive colours with powerful and often humorous imagery.
Best known for her intricate surreal landscapes, pin-up portraits and 3D boxed works, the viewer often experiences a visual and sensory overload from the hundreds of carefully cut-out found elements culled from her huge collection of vintage paraphernalia.
Influenced by the extraordinary colours of Hitchcock films shown in Technicolor and sci-fi TV shows such as Land of the Giants and Planet of the Apes, these heroes from the past have been altered by combining and blending other found imagery scavenged from different eras, thus inviting the viewer into her strange and peculiar world.
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Maria Rivans
Maria Rivans is a contemporary British artist, known for her mash-up of Surrealism meets Pop-Art aesthetic.
With its unique approach to collaging, her artwork intertwines fragments of vintage ephemera, often with reference to film and TV, to spin bizarre and dreamlike tales. Her work takes the form of large-scale originals and limited edition prints. Notable series have included: Pin-ups, Landscapes, Film Stills and 3D Box Collages.
Rivans works from her studio in Brighton; a kooky building, purpose built as a small cinema in
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Biography
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