Issue Illustrator | Milena Makani
Each issue of Up the Staircase Quarterly features an Issue Illustrator, an artist whose work was chosen to pair with and complement the poetry of the quarter. Issue #70's artist is Milena Makani.
Milena Makani, born in 1984 in Sofia, Bulgaria, is a German contemporary artist based in London, UK. Makani’s deeply psychological paintings depict inner landscapes characterized by layered textures, fluid forms and gradients. Employing acrylics, watercolours and inks on mineral stone sheets, she blends control and spontaneity through the interplay of organic process and manipulation. Makani lives with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome - a source of constant pain. Her works channel the mindfulness, gratitude and energy of her lived experience, as she investigates themes of resilience, serenity, joy, stoicism and fragility.
The German artist has exhibited her work in the UK, Bulgaria and Iceland and her paintings are featured internationally in various private collections.
Website: milenamakani.com
Instagram: instagram.com/milena.makani
Milena Makani, born in 1984 in Sofia, Bulgaria, is a German contemporary artist based in London, UK. Makani’s deeply psychological paintings depict inner landscapes characterized by layered textures, fluid forms and gradients. Employing acrylics, watercolours and inks on mineral stone sheets, she blends control and spontaneity through the interplay of organic process and manipulation. Makani lives with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome - a source of constant pain. Her works channel the mindfulness, gratitude and energy of her lived experience, as she investigates themes of resilience, serenity, joy, stoicism and fragility.
The German artist has exhibited her work in the UK, Bulgaria and Iceland and her paintings are featured internationally in various private collections.
Website: milenamakani.com
Instagram: instagram.com/milena.makani
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You can find Milena Makani's art on the following pages of UtSQ: Catherine Fletcher | Last Night at Good Luck Bar VA Smith | The Bowl Sara Blazevic | Smoke Caroline Chou | planetarium and dial tone Nicole Fegan | o brave new world Brittany Brewer | Terminal Degree Ellen Kombiyil | The Elephant Is in Love with a Boy Emily Wheeler | Love is a Verb Al Ortolani | Bear Sighting in Leawood Akhila Pingali | Tough Love Flourish Joshua | Ẹ kú Oríre Rebecca Hart Olander | Winter Trees |
