Vita


Portrait Image - Polina Trishkina
EDUCATION.
2021 Academic Degree at the University of Fine Arts Saarbrücken. Sculpture / Public art
2015 Saarland University Bachelor of Science in Romance philology / English 

AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS.
Hager Preis/„Wissen“ 2021/1st Place
Stiftung Saar 2019 for 6 Month

2015 – until today Fine Arts with a focus on Sculptures and Paintings
2023-2025 Career Coach for people of Art and Culture
2021-2022 Marketing Communications and Advertising
2019-2020 Teacher of German Language
2014-2020 Saarländischer Rundfunk Operator’s assistant
2008-2014 Several employments 


Exhibitions


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Hochkultur in Salzkristall / Buchhandlung der Zauberberg / Berlin
2024
Milieu / Jobcenter / Berlin
2023
New Age / 35blumen Galerie / NRW, Krefeld
2021
Haltestelle Ozean / Arrival Room / Saarbrücken

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Wand Frei / 35blumen Galerie / Krefeld
Cultural Loops / Pandora Galerie / Berlin
2024
Tiny Forest / haubrok foundation / Berlin
Lange Nacht der Bilder / Alte Gießerei / Berlin
The Alchemist / BCMA / Berlin
2023
Die NEUEN / Bosener Mühle / Saarland
PVC-Kunst / Projektraum Galerie M / Berlin
2022
Beton Fuchs / Projektraum Galerie M / Berlin
Mind Maps / Volkssolidariät Marzahner Promenade / Berlin
Tischobjekte III / 35blumen Galerie / NRW, Krefeld
This is not a love song / Projektraum Galerie M / Berlin
Spekulative Nomaden – von Hütte zu Hütte / Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte / Völklingen
2021
Hager Preis / Saarländische Galerie / Berlin
Obscure Desire / Automat Artspace / Saarbrücken
Rundgang / Handwerkergasse / Völklingen
Hager Preis / HBK Saar Galerie / Saarbrücken
2020
Tage der Bildenden Kunst / Garelly Haus / Saarbrücken
Terrain vague c.A.L.m. / Kunstverein Wagenhalle / Stuttgart
Rundgang / Handwerkergasse / Völklingen
Comment Art / Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes / Saarbrücken
2019
Tage der Bildenden Kunst Saar / Automat Artspace / Saarbrücken
Rundgang / Handwerkergasse / Völklingen
S_A_R Projektbüro / Volume V / Kunsthalle Mannheim
2018
Quarantäne 11 / HBK Saar Galerie / Saarbrücken
Quarantäne 10 / ONspace / Kiel
Mahnmal gegen das Unrecht / Gedenkort Spurker Friedhof / Wadgassen
KI_L_MUC_SA_R / Maximilians Forum / München
Quarantäne 9 / Hallbergstrasse 11 / Saarbrücken
Rundgang / Handwerkergasse / Völklingen
2017
(an)diachronx / Burbach / Saarland
Esprit d’Etat / Pingusson Bau ( Saarart 11 ) / Saarbrücken
u.A.w.g. (punkt!)-um Ankauf wird gebeten / HBK Saar Galerie / Saarbrücken
Land(e)scape / HBK Saar Galerie / Saarbrücken
Rundgang / Handwerkergasse / Völklingen
2016
I was here, Ich war hier (Korea-Deutschland) / HBK Saar Galerie / Saarbrücken
Hellwighaus der Künste / Saarbrücken
What Artist do for Money / Hellwighaus der Künste / Saarbrücken
Rundgang / Handwerkergasse / Völklingen

Statement


The fascinating world of crystals.

My sculptural work is based on geological research and analysis of cultural stratum. Processes of crystallization play the starring role in my artistic action. In my studio, I reproduce natural crystallization processes that can usually be observed deep underground. For my sculptures and paintings, I use different types of natural salts and specified water origins. Time, light, colour, and natural intelligence are the most important aspects in my artwork. I think that book is a unique information carrier created by Human Sapience; therefore, I decided to crystallize some of them and save these historical relics in the most beautiful material I found. 
With my sculptures, I look forward to the archaeology of the future and save information in crystals to pay attention to vital questions about the existence of our species. During observation of my sculptures, it is possible to look over the timeline and discover our Planet Earth and life-defending processes from the inside. Including my crystal paintings, which allow one to see the depth of colours on a different level of perception, sculptures show natural colours, transparency, beauty, of the oldest mineral on our planet. 
Each sculpture is unique and has its own character. The time of creation varies from 1 year to 5 years or more. The same with paintings, it is Impossible to create the same one because the material I work with is alive. The same as wood, where each part has its own unique pattern. What nature creates cannot be replicated. 
Interaction with crystals has a positive effect on health and calms the nervous system.