My Journey
Moving to Finland from my home country, Ukraine, opened a long-awaited door.
Touching clay felt like love at first sight—a quiet homecoming. I began shaping, then followed the pull of creation into metal and silver jewelry.
When war broke out in Ukraine, sculpting deepened. It became more than art—it became survival. A way to hold life with my hands. To bear witness to beauty in the midst of rupture. Shaping became a still place where I could process, observe, and feel peace.
Now, because shaping is how I live—and because I can’t stop—I begin to open up. I let the work be seen. I let it speak.
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I shape to breathe.
My sculptures are moments of healing—forms that hold softness and ease within solid weight. I was not trained in traditional art schools, but shaping is how I listen. How I live. It is not a choice.
Exhibitions & Public Presence
AiA Exhibition, Galleri Campus, Turku – October 2011 Konst från den Åboländska skärgården.
Kvinnan, Urberget – 2021 A public sculpture created with Johanna Fredenberg and Tinni Snåre, as part of the Kvinnor av Kvinnor collective. The piece honors the role of women throughout the mining history of Pargas, and was created as a grassroots effort to make art accessible to the public.
Medvind – 2022 A second public sculpture with the same trio, symbolizing the challenge of finding balance in life—especially for younger generations.
Manifestations – 2023 A private exhibition of sculptural works. Shaping fragility of life destroyed in an instant.