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Tumbling Waves | Rina Kondakova

A$650.00

Oil on canvas | 30 x 40cm | framed.

Oil on canvas | 30 x 40cm | framed.

  • Rina Kondakova is an artist working between Melbourne and Sydney. She approaches painting as a way to observe, deconstruct and remember, seeking to translate perception into tangible form.

    Born in Yakutsk, Russia, Kondakova moved to Australia at the age of twelve. This significant shift in environment shaped a practice attentive to atmosphere, light and the tactile nature of memory. Working primarily in oil, her paintings hover between realism and dissolution — scenes that appear almost photographic from a distance, yet reveal her hand and the subtle rhythm of paint on closer viewing.

    Alongside her studio practice, Kondakova has taught art through Melbourne Art Class and independently while completing a Bachelor of Arts at Deakin University. Her broader creative interests extend beyond painting into music, video and performance, reflecting an ongoing engagement with memory and sincerity in time-based forms.

    Selected exhibitions

    2025 – Neighbourhood, group exhibition, Deakin University, Melbourne
    2024 – Trinkets, Babie Club pop-up, Popup Studio 813, Melbourne
    2020 – liquids and non-liquids, group exhibition, VCASS, Melbourne

    Awards

    National Gallery of Australia Summer Art Scholarship (2021)
    Lester Youth Prize – Winner (2018)
    ACMI Screen It – Finalist (2018)

  • “I recently rediscovered painting as a way to connect with my inner world and the spaces I occupy. For me, it puts a pause on the fast paced, overstimulating rush of modern life. It also feels like when I paint scenes from my real, everyday life with reverence, those fleeting moments become memorialised.

    “Tumbling waves is my impression of a beach I visited during a family trip along the Bunurong Coastal Drive. The dark cliff felt monumental and unmoving, eternally so, compared to the rows of dancing waves and sea foam beneath. This piece belongs to a series of seascapes where I choreograph brushstrokes to convey textures, rhythms and forms.“

    Rina Kondakova, 2025.

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