“The reality is in the thought behind the color. Color is only the symbol which conveys the thought, and it has meaning only in the mind of the beholder who finally interprets it.”
Edgar Cayce​​​
My practice is rooted in the idea that color and texture operate as energetic frequencies capable of shifting perception and activating states of awareness. I approach painting as a navigational system — a coded interface guiding the viewer through subtle emotional and cognitive terrains. Over time, heightened sensitivity to the world has become central to my work: taste, air, pain, intimacy, and chromatic vibration register with amplified clarity.
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The tiny flash of red at the bottom of my paintings functions as an activation point — a quiet signal that the painting is responding to the viewer as much as the viewer responds to it.
For me, it’s also deeply personal. During five weeks of radiotherapy, I followed the red line (*) to my destination in the hospital every morning — today, it’s my signature.
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Through layered surfaces and chromatic resonance, my work explores painting as a site of transformation, healing, and inner recalibration.
I speak from personal experience: I am a happy human being, twice given the chance for profound transformation — first in 2015 with thyroid cancer, and again in 2024 with breast cancer.
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Through colors, textures, and materials, I am now solving the most personal and profound problem of all — healing and transforming myself.
I believe this is true for everyone.​
Yours,
Olga
Artist, wife of the best men alive and mother of two most incredible girls.
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* Note: colored lines on the floor are commonly used as a navigation system in many hospitals and airports.
​​Olga Perova Galli
Russian-Swiss artist born in 1982 and raised in Moscow, has lived in Russia, Switzerland, Singapore, and France. Since 2020, she has been based again in Switzerland.
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Education
Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics, MD Corporate Finance | Moscow, Russia​