Meta Šolar, rojena leta 1989, je študirala slikarstvo na Akademiji za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje v Ljubljani, kjer je leta 2014 tudi diplomirala.
V svojem ustvarjanju se posveča predvsem zakriti figuraliki, ki meji na nadrealizem. Navdihuje jo sodobna kultura in vprašanje identitete v digitalni dobi, zato se njeno delo nenehno spreminja in razvija.
Razstavlja po Sloveniji in svetu. Med drugim v Londonu, Tokiju in na Dunaju. Oktobra 2016 je bila na enomesečni umetniški rezidenci v Cité Internationale des Arts v Parizu. Leta 2019 je prejela nagrado žirije Art Olympia v Tokiju. Živi in ustvarja v Radovljici.
Meta Solar (b. 1989) is a painter based in Radovljica, Slovenia.
She studied and received her diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. She exhibits nationally and internationally. She lives and works in Radovljica, Slovenia.
In my paintings and collages I focus on the female. Be it the whole body or the portrait I have always been drawn to the female figure. The question: “What am I?” has always been my driving force. The female figure or the portrait is for me in a way a starting point for painting and not perhaps the main motive.
I am deeply interested in the interaction of body and mind. In a lot of my pieces I question where the personality can be seen. Sometimes I make cutouts, holes where the face would be, fill them with abstract patterns and create a visual contrast to the naturalistically painted hair and clothing.
Every single woman is different; the way my figures pose reflects a part of who they are but at the same time it hides them, masking them. In a way the woman in my pieces is hiding who she really is by conforming to an ideal of beauty. The result is at times unsettling.
META ŠOLAR 