A Glint (Linear Reflections)
To emphasize the linear rhythms that occur in this landscape, I have embedded a bronze form in a crevice of this rock formation. By returning the bronze to the setting of ore, the negative space is filled with a cast of itself. Where the form lifts slightly, it is hinted that there is still an untouched space below. A glint of polished bronze is visible from numerous angles to lure people to the unexpected material and texture. The bronze itself acts as a mirror, relying on the presence of the viewer and its surrounding landscape to complete the installation.
My work aims to direct people to overlooked details, whether that is a beautiful line in a landscape, or a strange brick pattern in a building—all of these serve as subject matter to reinvigorate through printmaking, sculpture, and installation practices. I take impressions from both natural as well as human-made structures, and translate the surfaces into a variety of materials. Although they vary, my material choices are frequently ephemeral, organic, and fragile—such as thin gampi paper, gold leaf, branches, ice, fire, metal, and latex.
Hrista Stefanov is a visual artist based in Halifax, Nova Scotia where she is graduating from NSCAD University with a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts. Through printmaking, sculpture, and installation practices Stefanov explores how memories and narratives are represented in objects and spaces.
Stefanov has exhibited at various galleries in Ontario, Alberta, and Nova Scotia, as well as the the Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje, Macedonia. She has received several academic awards including the Harrison McCain Scholarship in Memory of Marion McCain, the Lyell Cook Scholarship in Sculpture, and the Margò and Rowland Marshall Award for Sculpture at NSCAD. Stefanov is also a finalist for the 2023 NSCAD Student Art Award for Printmaking. Alongside her ongoing internship at the Anna Leonowens Gallery in Halifax (where she has worked on projects such as Home Work: Lure of the Atlantic), Stefanov has worked at the Arts Council Windsor and Region, has done photography and restoration work at MoCA Skopje, and has been a figure drawing instructor in NSCAD’s Extended Studies program.