Ivanka Nechyporuk was born in 1994 in Netishyn, Khmelnytskyi region, Ukraine. She obtained her master’s degree from Kamianets-Podilskyi National University named after Ivan Ohienko, specializing in art restoration. Since 2018, she has been living and working in Kyiv. Her work is primarily in the surrealist style, with a particular focus on paintings of geese. The artist chose this form of expression to convey her inner feelings. Her main mediums include painting, mixed media, and graphics. In her work, Ivanka draws inspiration from everything that surrounds her, especially nature, materials, textures, people, and animals. She is fascinated by the combination of seemingly incompatible elements. For example, she often explores unrealistic animal coloring or sharp contrasts between shapes and colors.

"I care about personal connection, but only the one where each of us pays attention to each other. I don't work with galleries. I express myself through my works but happy to have a conversation with you. We are too lonely, too atomised. I am deeply inspired by David Hopper and Vermeer as well as Hieronymus Bosch. The colours, the light and the human condition in-between." Igor Selemenev (b. 1972, Ukraine) is a multidisciplinary artist who explores themes of existence and transition. "My works are not about escaping into emptiness, but about crossing it," he explains, emphasizing the depth of his artistic intent. Selemenev primarily works with monochrome, figurative lithography, referring to himself as a "labourer" in the creative process. He favours offset ink and has experimented with different mediums, including scanning and enlarging his works into pixelated forms on felt cardboard, and craft paper for exhibitions. In addition to printmaking, Selemenev also works with ceramics. He finds deep inspiration in the works of Vermeer and Hieronymus Bosch. “I care about personal connection, but only the one where each of us pays attention to each other. We are too atomised. The colours, the light can help to alleviate the human condition”.

Oksana Fedchyshyn (b. 1999, Ukraine) is an artist based in Ukraine. Graduated in Painting at Lviv State College of Decorative and Applied Arts Ivan Trush and in Graphic Design at Lviv National Academy of Arts. Fedchyshy is inspired by folk art, mythology, and people. She often turns to the topic of the human connection with nature and the metamorphosis of bodies. Her art becomes a dialogue between inner and outer worlds, where humans and animals coexist in harmony, sometimes merging with each other to reveal deeper truths about who we are. In her work, Fedchyshy often turns to simple naive motifs, images of various fictional, often zoomorphic characters. Such visual images easily arose from poems rich in aphorisms and metaphors. Works of their kind conduct a constant dialogue with poetry. In 2018, she was awarded the Index Mariusz Kazana competition prize and held her first solo exhibition. Since then, she has exhibited her work in solo and group shows across Ukraine, Poland, and Germany.

Photographer with a PhD in anthropology, I have been producing photographic and textual essays on issues such as territory, colonialism and post-colonialism, disability, new masculinities and sustainability. Considered by GUP Magazine as one of the 100 European photography talents (2020). My work, described as magic documentalism, has already been exhibited in Brazil, France, Italy and Portugal. I exhibited collectively at the Rencontres d'Arles 2019 & 2023 (promoted by the British Journal of Photography and Der Greif) and at the International Center of Photography, in New York. Winner of the “Cities in the City” initiative at PhotoEspaña and the Porto Photography Biennial '21 and recently guest artist in residence at Encontros da Imagem 2023 edition. Co-creator and co-editor of the online contemporary photography magazine SOPA and editor of the photography platform Lenscratch , based in Los Angeles. Part of my artistic practice is developed around personal work, but also the development of free workshops for the communities I work with, always resulting in fanzines, collective exhibitions or other types of artistic products, as has happened in my work in Campanhã , in Porto, São Tomé and Príncipe or Namibia. I believe that through these joint initiatives and community participation, the visual production and local cultural mapping will be richer the greater their engagement.