Bidspirit auction | Shaked Lior

Shaked Lior - ''Nighttime Encounter'' 2025. Charcoal on framed paper 40/30 cm Signed For the second time at KooKoo, meet the young artist Shaked Lior (1997): Lior combines classical techniques with contemporary approaches. She creates in oil, pencil and charcoal techniques. Shaked strives to combine 19th century traditions with modern styles to create unique art.  Shaked studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Barcelona between 2021-2022, and 2023-2024, and in New York, at the Grand Central Atelier in 2022-2023. Her studies in drawing and sketching are based on direct observation while maintaining the values ​​of academic art. Shaked usually works slowly, allowing her creations to be built up layer by layer. Although she works in classical techniques, the focus is not on simply mimicking reality, but on understanding it, while emphasizing the material. She is intrigued by textures, the atmosphere of the painting, and the image that allows the viewer to compose their own painting. ''At the heart of my work lies my commitment to the process itself, to the art and the attention I give to it. I believe that the act of deeply observing things themselves is itself a way of cultivating and sublimating the work and I strive to reflect this.''