Nestor
Nestor is a modern calligraphy artist from Kiev who’s currently based in Toronto.
His way started back in 2012 with street art and exploration of letterforms. This hobby created a path for the artist into the OCAD University where he studied Graphic Design. Using collected knowledge, his focus shifted from the traditional image of a designer to more of an artistic perspective.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Since 2020, Nestor is a great supporter of the modern Calligraphy movement. His main idea is to absorb the knowledge of different cultures & their alphabets to transform traditional letterforms into more abstract / expressive / interesting shapes. Through this practice, the artist believes to unite those cultures together.
Nestor is a modern calligraphy artist from Kiev who’s currently based in Toronto.
His way started back in 2012 with street art and exploration of letterforms. This hobby created a path for the artist into the OCAD University where he studied Graphic Design. Using collected knowledge, his focus shifted from the traditional image of a designer to more of an artistic perspective.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Since 2020, Nestor is a great supporter of the modern Calligraphy movement. His main idea is to absorb the knowledge of different cultures & their alphabets to transform traditional letterforms into more abstract / expressive / interesting shapes. Through this practice, the artist believes to unite those cultures together.
$75.00
Acrylic paint on paper (framed).
14x17"
New series of paper artworks called Immigrant Diaries, which focuses on a duality of immigrants’ feelings. Being divided between 2 places you seem to have second thoughts of coming and starting a completely new life from scratch. These works touch on this topic.
Background text has a word written in chrome that adds the duality part to the works. Front letters were made with markers & airbrush, and they overlap with the background supporting the idea of mixed feelings.
$75.00
Acrylic paint on paper (framed).
14x17"
New series of paper artworks called Immigrant Diaries, which focuses on a duality of immigrants’ feelings. Being divided between 2 places you seem to have second thoughts of coming and starting a completely new life from scratch. These works touch on this topic.
Background text has a word written in chrome that adds the duality part to the works. Front letters were made with markers & airbrush, and they overlap with the background supporting the idea of mixed feelings.
$75.00
Acrylic paint on paper (framed).
14x17"
New series of paper artworks called Immigrant Diaries, which focuses on a duality of immigrants’ feelings. Being divided between 2 places you seem to have second thoughts of coming and starting a completely new life from scratch. These works touch on this topic.
Background text has a word written in chrome that adds the duality part to the works. Front letters were made with markers & airbrush, and they overlap with the background supporting the idea of mixed feelings.
$400.00
Permanent and oil paints on canvas
20x20"
“Відпусти себе” / “Set yourself free” & Marigold flowers
$600.00
Permanent and oil paints on canvas
24x30"
“The only real freedom’s freedom from fear” & Fire Hydrangea flowers
$600.00
Permanent and oil paints on canvas.
24x30"
“Свободи вартий той хто йде за неї в бій” / “Freedom’s for the ones who fight for it” & Ice Hydrangea flowers
$400.00
Permanent and oil paints on canvas
20x20"
“Любов дитя свободи” / “Love is a child of freedom” & Begonia flowers
$400.00
Permanent and oil paints on canvas.
20x20"
“Будь хоробрим” / “Be brave” & Golden-Daisy flowers
$400.00
Permanent and oil paints on canvas.
20x20"
“Oxygen of your soul” & Rose flowers
$150.00
Acrylic paint on paper (framed).
18x24"
1 / 2 new posters created for Finch Store near Ossington station in collaboration with A.Kohanko. This one is a contrast of playful illustration by Kohanko and a cheeky phrase “Breadstick together” written in gothic script by Nestor.
$150.00
Acrylic paint on paper (framed).
18x24"
2 / 2 new posters created for Finch Store near Ossington station in collaboration with A.Kohanko. This one is a contrast of playful illustration by Kohanko and a cheeky phrase “It’s coffee o’clock” written in gothic script by Nestor.
$180.00
Photography and acrylic paint on wood panel.
15x15"
A painting on top of already existing photo print made on wood panel.
Initially there was just a photo of Audrey Hepburn which Nestor found in the Value Village. The idea of remake was to focus on actress’s facial features, specifically her eyes, and highlight them with calligraphy around her. The phrase “Windows to another world” refers back to the eyes and means that they are the portal to actress’s soul.