GALLERY
"In my early works, I was more figurative, closer to classical sculpture. But I had to find my own path. Searching for something unique felt like moving in a spiral - you return to the starting point, to that place where art itself began: the ancient art that held a remarkable harmony, a dialogue with nature, without competing against it.
This is what I longed for - for nature to guide me, to help me express my message with directness and simplicity. That search shaped my style, which I call Ethnomodern.
The modern lies in the form and freedom I gained from contemporary art, while the ethno is the foundation. Though often seen as national, it is in fact universal - because at its root, it is something all people share."
"... Thus I reached archaic culture - the headwaters of art," Heriqnaz says, "and I noticed that there is a big harmony with nature in it. Not competition, but harmony. They often say that they want to sculpt better than nature. It is not possible to sculpt or draw better than nature. Nature is so genial that one should just hear it, learn from it, and be able to approach it to enter into a dialogue. If the universe helps the dialogue, then something will happen...
