Lina Iris Viktor

Lina Iris Viktor

Liberian-British
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Lina Iris Viktor is a Liberian-British multidisciplinary artist who lives and works between Italy and the UK.

Interweaving disparate materials, methods and visual lexicons associated with contemporary and ancient art forms, Viktor authors an idiosyncratic mythology that divines future imaginaries. Her synthesis of painting, sculpture, performance, photography and water gilding with 24-carat gold produces a charged materiality that at once addresses philosophical ideas of the finite and the infinite, the microcosm and macrocosm, evanescence and eternity, whilst provoking sociopolitical and historical preconceptions of ‘blackness’ and its universal implications.

Selected Artworks

Lina Iris Viktor, Diviner I/ The Watcher, 2021/2022
Lina Iris Viktor
Diviner I/ The Watcher
2021/2022
Polished bronze, volcanic rock and marble
182.8 x 91.8 cm
72 x 36 1/8 in
Lina Iris Viktor, Diviner III/ The Orator, 2021/2022
Lina Iris Viktor
Diviner III/ The Orator
2021/2022
Polished bronze and volcanic rock
91 x ⌀ 39.6 cm
35 7/8 x ⌀ 15 5/8 in
Lina Iris Viktor, Constellations VIII, 2019-20
Lina Iris Viktor
Constellations VIII
2019-20
Pure 24 carat gold, acrylic, varnish on matt canvas
152.4 x 213.4 cm
60 x 84 in
Lina Iris Viktor, No. XXVI Refuge from the aftermath. . . A Reckoning to come., 2019
Lina Iris Viktor
No. XXVI Refuge from the aftermath. . . A Reckoning to come.
2019
Pure 24 carat gold, acrylic, ink, print on cotton rag paper
Unframed:
25.6 x 21.6 cm
10 1/8 x 8 1/2 in
Framed:
42.7 x 37.7 x 7 cm
16 3/4 x 14 7/8 x 2 3/4 in
Lina Iris Viktor, No. XXXI Buckled beneath the weight of Glory’s Judgement. We ate in the Sin., 2019
Lina Iris Viktor
No. XXXI Buckled beneath the weight of Glory’s Judgement. We ate in the Sin.
2019
Pure 24 carat gold, acrylic, ink, print on cotton rag paper
Unframed:
25.6 x 21.6 cm
10 1/8 x 8 1/2 in
Framed:
42.7 x 37.7 x 7 cm
16 3/4 x 14 7/8 x 2 3/4 in
Lina Iris Viktor, I. After the Long Sleep we now Wake. . ., 2019
Lina Iris Viktor
I. After the Long Sleep we now Wake. . .
2019
Pure 24 carat gold, acrylic, copolymer resin, print on cotton rag paper (unique variations)
35.1 x 27.9 cm
13 7/8 x 11 in
Lina Iris Viktor, Eleventh, 2018
Lina Iris Viktor
Eleventh
2018
Pure 24 carat gold, acrylic, ink, copolymer resin, print on matt canvas
127 x 165.1 cm
50 x 65 in
Lina Iris Viktor, Tenth, 2018
Lina Iris Viktor
Tenth
2018
Pure 24 carat gold, acrylic, ink, gouache, copolymer resin, print on cotton rag paper
101.6 x 132.1 cm
40 x 52 in
Lina Iris Viktor, Seventh, 2018
Lina Iris Viktor
Seventh
2018
Pure 24 carat gold, acrylic, ink, gouache, copolymer resin, print on cotton rag paper
101.6 x 132.1 cm
40 x 52 in
Lina Iris Viktor, Second, 2017-18
Lina Iris Viktor
Second
2017-18
Pure 24 carat gold, acrylic, ink, gouache, copolymer resin, print on cotton rag paper
101.6 x 132.1 cm
40 x 52 in
Lina Iris Viktor, No. II Still, you hold no claim here., 2016
Lina Iris Viktor
No. II Still, you hold no claim here.
2016
Acrylic, ink, print on cotton rag paper
25.9 x 21.6 cm
10 1/4 x 8 1/2 in
Lina Iris Viktor, Yaa Asantewaa, 2016
Lina Iris Viktor
Yaa Asantewaa
2016
Pure 24 carat gold, acrylic, gouache, print on matt canvas
101.6 x 132.1 cm
40 x 52 in
Lina Iris Viktor, IV. In Timelessness We Built Our Temple Black. Materia Prima, 2015-19
Lina Iris Viktor
IV. In Timelessness We Built Our Temple Black. Materia Prima
2015-19
Pure 24 carat gold, acrylic, copolymer resin, print on cotton rag paper
106.7 x 132.1 cm
42 x 52 in
Lina Iris Viktor, Syzygy, 2015
Lina Iris Viktor
Syzygy
2015
Pure 24 carat gold, acrylic, print on matt canvas
101.6 x 132.1 cm
40 x 52 in

Exhibitions

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Let The Sunshine In
Exhibitions

Let The Sunshine In

Pilar Corrias is pleased to present a group exhibition of works by Ann Craven, Cui Jie, Freya Douglas-Morris, Sophie von...
Good as Gold — Fashioning Senegalese Women
Exhibitions

Good as Gold — Fashioning Senegalese Women

Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women marked the first major exhibition of Senegalese gold jewellery focusing on the history of...
Lina Iris Viktor: Some Are Born to Endless Night – Dark Matter
Exhibitions

Lina Iris Viktor: Some Are Born to Endless Night – Dark Matter

Some Are Born To Endless Night —Dark Matter marked Lina Iris Viktor’s first major solo exhibition in the UK, with...
Lina Iris Viktor: A Haven. A Hell. A Dream Deferred
Exhibitions

Lina Iris Viktor: A Haven. A Hell. A Dream Deferred

Recasting factual and fantastical narratives surrounding America’s involvement in the founding of Liberia, Lina Iris Viktor: A Haven. A Hell....
In the Black Fantastic
Exhibitions

In the Black Fantastic

The exhibition, curated by Ekow Eshun, presents works by eleven artists from the African diaspora who sample myth, science fiction,...
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Selected press

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The Dark Continent: Story-Map to Another Place
Press

The Dark Continent: Story-Map to Another Place

21.3.2023
A Brush with... Lina Iris Viktor
The Art Newspaper

A Brush with... Lina Iris Viktor

3.8.2022
Stepping Into the Expansive Worlds of Black Imagination
The New York Times

Stepping Into the Expansive Worlds of Black Imagination

4.8.2022
On the Cover: Lina Iris Viktor’s Expansive Image of Black History
Elephant

On the Cover: Lina Iris Viktor’s Expansive Image of Black History

16.10.2020

News

Lina Iris Viktor joins Pilar Corrias
Artist News

Lina Iris Viktor joins Pilar Corrias

Pilar Corrias is thrilled to announce representation of Lina Iris Viktor. Lina Iris Viktor is a Liberian-British multidisciplinary artist who lives and works between Italy and the UK. Interweaving disparate materials, methods...
16.11.2022

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