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Artwork Darina Smolkina - Subjektiv.art
Darina Smolkina - Subjektiv.art
Darina Smolkina
Portugal
In a world governed by rules—both written and unspoken—Darina Smolkina’s art whispers of quiet rebellion. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, now based in Lisbon, she crafts paintings that feel like echoes of a theatrical performance, where characters linger in a suspended moment, caught between societal expectations and personal truths. Her work is a stage, and every canvas is a scene unfolding. Darina’s journey began in a traditional family, where expectations were clear—but her fascination with the surreal led her beyond the familiar. She started art school at six, mastering techniques that shaped her unique visual language. While studying graphic design in Kyiv, Darina found her true voice in painting — a space where boundaries blurred and deeper narratives emerged. At 19, she moved to Lisbon, an experience that shaped her perspective as an outsider navigating an unfamiliar world. Her art became a reflection of identity, isolation, and the quiet weight of societal expectations. From Schönhausen Palace Museum in Berlin to New York’s 17frost Gallery, her work speaks to a universal struggle — the tension between conformity and self-expression. Whether in the dreamlike haze of New Dream World or the raw intimacy of My First Diary, Darina’s paintings invite viewers to step into a moment of self-reflection, where emotions take form and meaning unfolds. Darina doesn’t just paint figures — she paints questions. Her art asks: Who are we, beyond the expectations placed upon us? What do we reveal, and what do we conceal? Her world is one where the symbolic and the surreal merge, reflecting not just her own journey, but the collective search for meaning in a world full of invisible walls.
Artwork Dzvinya Podlyashetska  - Subjektiv.art
Dzvinya Podlyashetska  - Subjektiv.art
Dzvinya Podlyashetska
Ukraine
Born in Lviv, Ukraine, based in Vienna, Dzvinya Podlyashetska is an artist whose work moves between the playful and the profound. Her art is a vibrant mix of comic-like figures, bold colours, and surreal compositions, capturing emotions that are often felt but rarely seen. She transforms the ordinary into something magical - people, animals, and everyday objects take on new meaning in her world, where naivety and sarcasm, love and chaos, laughter and melancholy exist in fragile harmony. Dzvinya’s journey into art began with a deep fascination for illustration and printmaking. She studied graphic design at the Ivan Trush Lviv State College of Decorative and Applied Arts before continuing her fine arts education at the Ukrainian Printmaking Academy. She has shaped a distinctive voice, one that blends storytelling with visual poetry. Her art is a reflection of human relationships, inner dialogues, and the constant push and pull between personal identity and external influences. Mental health is a key theme in her work, expressed through dynamic, exaggerated forms and rich textures that echo the complexities of emotion. Each piece is an invitation to pause, to look deeper, and to rediscover the joy of simplicity that is often lost in the rush of modern life. Exhibited across Europe and the United States, from the National Museum of Ukraine in Kyiv to the Volkskunde Museum in Vienna and the 17 Frost Gallery in New York. When You Don’t Expect at Breach Miami, have cemented her reputation as a rising force in contemporary art. Dzvinya doesn’t just create images, she creates experiences. Her art is a space where emotions take shape, where nostalgia meets the surreal, and where viewers are encouraged to embrace both the beauty and the chaos of existence.
Artwork Dasha Tsapenko - Subjektiv.art
Dasha Tsapenko - Subjektiv.art
Dasha Tsapenko
Netherlands
Some artists paint. Some sculpt. But Dasha Tsapenko grows her art. I remember the first time I encountered her work, it wasn’ just visually striking, it was revolutionary. It blurred the line between creation and cultivation. Dasha doesn’ see herself as the sole author of her works; instead, she collaborates with nature itself. Her textiles, garments, and installations are not merely crafted, they are nurtured. She prepares the foundation, then steps back to allow fungi, fibres, and microorganisms to shape the outcome. What emerges is something completely unique - art that breathes, evolves, and ultimately becomes part of the world in a way that traditional works never could. Her studio is unlike any I’ seen before. It’ not just a workshop, it’ part textile lab, part microbiology station, part experimental farm. A place where science and creativity intertwine seamlessly. She works with living organisms, primarily mycelium, the vast underground network of fungi that connects trees and plants beneath forests. But here, in her hands, mycelium doesn’ just connect nature, it creates. It grows into textiles, forming intricate patterns and textures, embedding itself into the very fabric of her art. It’ a process that is at once scientific and poetic. The unpredictability of working with living materials means that no two pieces are ever the same. She carefully prepares the ground, sometimes weaving or sewing textiles in a particular way to encourage the fungi’ growth in a desired form. But the final result? That’ left to nature.
Artwork Myroslava Perevalska - Subjektiv.art
Myroslava Perevalska - Subjektiv.art
Myroslava Perevalska
Ukraine
Some artists paint what they see. Others paint what they dream. Myroslava Perevalska paints what she feels, and, more importantly, what she fears losing. In a world rushing forward, she is an artist who asks us to slow down, to breathe, to see before the colours fade, before the emotions slip away, before time moves beyond our grasp. When we spoke, she described her connection to art in a way I had never heard before. “ think of myself as a fish,” she told me. “ fish that doesn’ question the water, that doesn’ think about how deep it swims. It just exists.” Art is her element, her lifeblood, and her way of understanding the world. It’ why, even as war reshapes the reality around her, she continues to create, not just as a form of resistance but as a way to document the truth as she experiences it. Her paintings are immediately recognisable, figures emerging from bold, urgent strokes of red, white, and black. Red, she told me, is the colour of life, of passion, of survival. It pulses through her work, a constant heartbeat. But it is also the colour she fears losing. “ greatest happiness,” she said, referencing Borges, “ when a blind man dreams of red.” The idea of losing that sensation, of not being able to feel the depth of colour, is her deepest fear. But instead of running from it, she embraces it, pours it into her canvases, ensuring that even if time erodes memory, the intensity of her vision remains. As we talked, her thoughts spiralled outward - philosophy, history, technology, even the fate of humanity. “ are all on the Titanic,” she told me. “ comfortable but unaware of what’ coming.” The world is changing too quickly. Wars, pandemics, artificial intelligence, isolation. She fears we are forgetting how to truly be present. That people are becoming less human. She sees this loss reflected in modern art, how simple narratives and raw emotion are disappearing, replaced by a detachment from the soul of creation.
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