Misha Waks
I have worked for the last 15 years for various corporations as a designer. I quit designing and started creating art thanks to which I can pay attention to things that are really important. From 2019 I started to create and in 2020 I realized my first exhibition.
In my work, I deal with topics such as climate change, women's and minority rights. I raise topics related to identity, body and the lack of authorities and role models. I am inspired by historic events and I am moved by everyday life injustas. I work with different techniques depending on the effect I want to achieve. Sometimes works illustrate stories I heard on the radio at other times, which I was inspired while watching a documentry movie or daily news. In the thousands of photos that I see every day in the press, internet or social network sites I choose and play with those that seems to me most important. I create my own internal collection of topics and content to share in a modified form.
As a human being, I feel that due to everyday small activities I can change reality on a very limited level. Art give me more opportunities to influence people who can emphasize with what is important to change the world for better so if I should say my manifesto it will go like this
"Art is a form of activism"