Lucy Besson - Multidisciplinary Artist
Life tests you until you become an artist. And once you do, your entire life unfolds as a lifelong project — where every movement, every thought, every action, and every image becomes part of a personal myth: your identity.
I am inspired by life in all its manifestations — from a dewdrop on the grass to clouds dissolving on the horizon. My work draws on both the visible world and realities beyond immediate perception, where a simple detail can become the starting point for a new artwork. In this sense, everyday experience, observation, and artistic practice are inseparable.
Rooted in my Siberian birthplace and shaped by a classical art education in Russia, my practice reflects a deep connection with nature and a long-standing fascination with people. I work across painting, photography, video, and digital media, creating multilayered visual narratives that explore perception, presence, and transformation.
Alongside commissioned portrait work and planned projects, my ideas often emerge from attentive observation and sustained reflection. As a multidisciplinary artist, I allow thoughts, images, and experiences to circulate freely between disciplines. Music, audiobooks, films, and philosophical or psychological reflections frequently act as catalysts, gradually transforming abstract ideas into visual concepts.
When a theme begins to take shape, I turn to my personal archive — photographs, film stills, and visual notes gathered over years of travel and everyday life, including my immediate surroundings and garden. Guided by a selective and intuitive gaze, I identify images that resonate with a developing idea. In this way, projects evolve over time, sometimes across several years, through a process of careful selection, accumulation, and transformation.