Andrea Solaja / Alchemy XVIII Realism We seek shade for a

We seek shade for a pitstop on a long walk

Margot is able to create palpable texture in each of her works  — while neutral in palette

By Toronto-based photographer

placed in a space

She often uses found objects within reach as tools to apply paint

Andrea Solaja / Alchemy XVIII Realism We seek shade for aAndrea Solaja is a Serbian artist working across various disciplines. When Andrea was ten years old, she lived in a bunker for several months while her country, Serbia, was being bombed. Her sole source of relief was using her imagination to craft stories using the only candle light she had. The shadows projects on the walls would serve as shapes and characters in the stories she would create in her mind. Her artistic practice now unfolds around the