Vision Map
Sole Survivor
- 80 x 120 cm
In "Sole Survivor" - part of the Catching Luck series - I paint through opaque meshes, effectively blind to the result. Most of the canvas drowns in dark texture, yet, unexpectedly, a single ray was “lucky” enough to pierce through. This image cuts close to home. From a Soviet childhood to owning an international business and experiencing forced migration, I’ve seen firsthand how starting conditions and sheer chance shape lives. Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu and Robert Sapolsky, I explore luck as the true capital of success and often happiness: we don’t choose our country, our family, or our brain chemistry, but these accidents define where we start.
Drifted Horizon
- 121 x 90 cm
from https://symbioticdrift.org/wadim-sei
2025
Acrylic painting
Airbrush & mixed media on linen
Vision Map
- 98 x 140 cm
In "Vision Map", part of the Catching Luck series, the chaotic black mesh pulls back to reveal saturated colors—symbols of dreams and potential. I spent a week creating this piece entirely "blind," working through permeable layers, effectively forgetting and letting go of control over where light would break through or where darkness would hold. This visual experiment sparked a hypothesis that feels almost Freudian: perhaps simply seeing a possibility changes reality. If Freud believed that bringing the cause of an illness to consciousness leads to a cure, then maybe recognizing that chances existthose bright - zones in the painting - is the first step toward making a dream real.