BARUKA: ARCHETYPAL SYMBOLISM & NAIVE SURREALISM
IDENTITY & THE ANALYTICAL METHOD
BARUKA operates as the internal artistic alter-ego of the multidisciplinary artist Chira Ona. She translates the territory of analytical psychology into the material language of contemporary painting. As an institutional member of the International Association for Jungian Studies (IAJS), the author bridges universal psychoanalytic concepts with tactile studio practice. Her work functions as a physical archive of the collective unconscious, mapping inner archetypes through a deliberate space of meditation and embossed texture.
CONCEPTS: SURREALIST MYTHS & JUNGIAN VESSELS
The core of BARUKA’s narratives is rooted in archetypal symbolism, manifested through the style of naive surrealism. She explores the ancient mechanisms of the human psyche through totemic imagery: the Tree of Life integrating embedded clockworks, architectural city-ships, and monumental surrealist animals that embody archetypes and carry these cities as structures of the human psyche. A separate foundational series decodes the Jungian concept of the alchemical vessel — “Vas Hermeticum”. It transforms domestic teapots into sacred, monumental symbols that function as containers for the human psyche and the unconscious.
MATTER & TACTILE DEPTH
Every original artwork is designed as a large-scale interior canvas defined by a distinct tactile presence. Rejecting flat graphics, BARUKA builds her subjects through the meticulous layering of textured paste, acrylic and oil paint. This deliberate embossed depth transforms the allegorical landscapes into tangible, multi-dimensional artifacts.
