DASHA PEARS
Cluster Exhibitor | Photography & Print Fair 2022
Petals of Grey
Dasha uses the instruments of surrealism, minimalism, colour, photography, and digital manipulation to tell surprising visual stories with a twist. In her stories, she speaks about deepest psychological matters, bringing things that are usually considered unpretty to light, making them shine with different colours and aesthetically appealing. This way Dasha's art gives viewers a chance to be at peace with themselves, providing an almost physically soothing effect on the human psyche.
Dasha Pears is an award-winning artist, currently based in Helsinki, Finland. Dasha's uncanny laconic art pieces are focused on self-discovery and our inner worlds. Aesthetically clean and pleasing artworks are like doors to a surreal universe where any psychological state becomes beautiful.
Creering in | 2017
Teatime
Each photo takes from 1 week to several months of planning and preparations: thinking through the story and the plot, planning the colour scheme, sketching, scouting for locations, creating the props, choosing the suitable wardrobe, looking for the right makeup and hairstyle looks and then blending it all together. In some cases, a whole team is involved in the shooting process.
“My works show the reality of what’s going on in people’s psyche, their very real inner world. I bring whatever happens there into our world and make the unseen visible. I aesthetisize emotional states and hope that some difficult emotions become a bit easier to accept and live with for anyone who interacts with my art in any way, be it on a wall or a device screen.”
Escapes Stories
Soap
I never use stock imagery to create my art, I shoot all the details myself right there on location, so when everything is combined in the final piece the artwork looks as realistic as possible, no matter how surreal it might seem at a first glance. I pay close attention to shooting all the details in one and the same light, because the light is the soul of a photograph, even when (or even more so) it is not a mere shot, but a complex composite image.
Digital editing is a big part of the creative process. It is usually done after 2-3 months after the shooting has been completed. This allows me to reevaluate and deepen my initial intentions and ideas. I get into a different setting, when I am completely alone with my thoughts and emotions and away from the distractions and interactions present on location. Now it's only my input and my story. Often the whole initial concept might be changed when I work on an image in Lightroom and Photoshop.