Toma & Ik Stenko Essence 29 April - 11 May 2024
Toma & Ik Stenko Essence 29 April - 11 May 2024 Private View: Wednesday 1 May, 6 - 8 pm Katrine Levin Galleries at Marie Jose Gallery 16 Victoria Grove | South Kensington | W8 5RW RSVP Following Toma Stenko's inaugural solo in 2020 and a critically acclaimed joint presentation as part of the Venice Biennale 2022, the mother and son duo returns to London for their first joint UK exhibition. For Toma Stenko, colour denotes the essence of everything - of love, of being. It is the prism through which she perceives the world, searching for the best in everyone and everything. Hands are a recurring theme in Toma Stenko's practice, the drawn outlines of previous works dissolving in fields of colour, then reintroduced as a superimposed collage elements. The mother's influence on her son is unmistakable. Both share a unique creative energy expressed in vibrant colours. As the former's paintings become more abstract, the latter introduces line drawings of flowers to his.