Orsina Pasargiklian London, United Kingdom
I am a painter and mixed media artist based in London, originally from Italy. With my artworks, I tackle issues that are relevant to today’s political and cultural landscape. My goal as an artist is to exhibit rather than to create for commercial purposes, therefore I aim collaborate with platforms that seek to showcase socially and environmentally conscious art.
My practice is concerned with the relationship between the aesthetic of an environment (urban or natural) and the science, history and social context that shapes it. I draw inspiration from architecture, cartography, statistical data, scientific and social-scientific texts to propose that these elements play a significant role in coloring the scenery. Mine is a research-based practice that delves into issues that are central to today’s social climate through a scientific lens.
In my geometric paintings I use three-dimensional structures to encapsulate the essence of urban architecture and its spectacle. They are rendered with soft and earthy colours to draw a comparison to living organisms, suggesting that cities are evolving in time like they have an ecosystem of their own. At the same time the vertiginous perspectives and fissures recall earth cracks and fractures of a collapsing scenery, addressing human interference with the environment.
Cartography is a significant feature my practice. I started using maps to think about the urban environment from a different perspective, one that rather than portraying the ambience within, makes the audience look at places in a global context, as part of a bigger picture.
Moreover, Maps draw attention back to the land rather than what was built on, it is in fact the earth that is at the core of my latest projects.
I have been researching on those environments and ecosystems that have been affected by climate change, and that nevertheless hold the potential to counteract human damage to the earth, such as kelp forests, coastal wetlands, and volcanoes.
For my earth-based projects I have introduced ground natural materials as part of my practice, such as crushed rocks, magnetic powder, iron oxide and natural pigments.
I use these materials to recreate geological textures and reactions in an art imitates nature effort, and to develop a sustainably sourced body of work that reflects on the importance and precariousness of our natural world.
Artwork
Flow, oil paint, iron filings, magnetic powder and crushed volcanic rocks on canvas, 2025
Re Earth 2 (working title), oil paint, pigments, crushed rocks, iron filings, iron oxide, magnetic powder on canvas, 2026
Re Earth, Oil paint, crushed rocks, iron oxide, iron filings, magnetic powder on canvas, 2026
Earth Eyes series, oil paint, crushed volcanic rocks, pigments, iron filings on canvas, 2025
Free Fall, oil on canvas, 2022
Night Sky, oil on canvas, 2022
Maps Erased, oil on canvases, 2021- ongoing
City Maps Cloud, oil on canvases, 2018- ongoing
Breathing Earth, magnetic and iron powder, iron oxide, crushed rocks, acrylic paint on canvas, 2023
Flicker, magnetic and iron powder, iron oxide, crushed rocks on mdf panels, 2023
Cells, oil on canvas, 2023
Fracture, oil on canvas, 2022
Projects and exhibitions
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Interwoven21/03/2026 — 22/03/2026 The exhibition features six international artists from IOAEA’s Sustainable Practices hybrid residency, showcasing works developed through deep ecological inquiry. Spanning painting, video, sculpture, and installation, Interwoven investigates our ancestral bond with the natural world. From the architecture of the urban environment and... [Read more] |
Fillet Gallery, London | Details |
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A Thinner Line19/05/2023 — 03/06/2023 A Thinner Line has directly evolved from A Thin Line exhibition, held at The Willesden Gallery in the summer of 2022. The original exhibition included the work of five artists, working in the London borough of Brent who came together to seek and discover connections between their art practice. During this collaborative process, the common... [Read more] |
willesden gallery, London | Details |
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A Slash of Blue03/03/2023 — 08/04/2023 The title for this exhibition comes from the poem ‘A slash of Blue-‘ by the American poet Emily Dickinson: A slash of Blue – A sweep of Gray – Some scarlet patches on the way, Compose an Evening Sky – A little purple – slipped between – Some Ruby Trousers hurried on … The call was open to all artists living in London... [Read more] |
Gerald Moore Gallery, London | Details |
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TERRA, Art from Heart19/10/2022 — 23/10/2022 The Exhibition originated out of deep concern for our complex relationship with nature. It features 47 multimedia Artists addressing climate change through their diverse and expressive work by exploring the beauty of nature and/or its destruction by human activity; using upcycling materials to transform trash into art; and/or building... [Read more] |
Espacio Gallery, London | Details |
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A Thin Line12/07/2022 — 09/08/2022 A Thin Line refers to the subtle and almost imperceptible distinction that lies between two concepts or situations, as well as speaking for the transitional space that exists within states and conditions. In turn, the phrase guides us toward a wide range of ideas concerning boundaries and thresholds; such as our relation to the environment, our... [Read more] |
Willesden Green Gallery, London | Details |