{"id":9,"date":"2026-06-23T08:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinara.info\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-06-23T08:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:19:34","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chinara.info\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chinara Chi (Chinara Soltanova)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My artistic practice is primarily built on self-portraits that explore internal human states. In these works, I use myself both as a model and as an observer. For me, portraiture is not simply about external resemblance, but rather a method of investigating inner psychological states and shifting emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The human figure occupies a central place in my paintings. Anatomical forms are prominent, sometimes showing deformations through expressive lines. The main focus is to convey the tension and sensitivity within these forms. In my work, I employ charcoal, oil paint, and mixed media techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The &#8220;Psychological Self-Portraits&#8221; series I am currently working on is part of a process of self-discovery and exploration of internal layers. In these works, the figure sometimes remains incomplete\u2014certain parts are omitted or merely indicated by line. For me, this incompleteness and these voids are an essential part of expressing internal human states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I continue my experimental searches against an academic background. This can be understood more as a metamodernist perspective\u2014I do not reject visual tradition in my paintings, but expressiveness essentially both accepts and challenges it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinara Chi (Chinara Soltanova) My artistic practice is primarily built on self-portraits that explore internal human states. In these works, I use myself both as a model and as an observer. For me, portraiture is not simply about external resemblance, but rather a method of investigating inner psychological states and shifting emotions. The human figure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-about.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinara.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinara.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinara.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinara.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinara.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chinara.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74,"href":"https:\/\/chinara.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/74"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinara.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}