“World without”
Looking at architectural landmarks through the prism of the modern-day, the World Without series raises the question of modernist and postmodernist architecture’s meaning for modern and future generations. The series consists of graphite drawings and aquatint prints. The works play with contrast and negative space, bringing attention to intricate shapes, adding three-dimensional aspects to the pieces, and allowing them to interact with their surrounding through lighting.
Satama-arena
Graphite drawing, 80 cm x 30 cm, 2023
No7277
Kurokawa’s Nagakin Capsul Tower was built in 1972 in Tokyo’s Ginza neighborhood. Being one of few still-standing examples of the Metabolist movement in architecture its demolition raised a lot of questions and angered modernist architecture communities. Graphite drawing, 82 cm x 59 cm, 2023
No116
Deconstructed image of Kyiv’s hotel “Salut” – symbol of hospitality picturing uncertainty in future and unlawful territorial occupation by russia. Aquatint, 70 cm x 100 cm, 2022
No7
No 7 is my way of honoring a beautiful piece of modernist architecture – Bus garage No 7, that rapidly losing its glory nowadays due to lack of preservation. Graphite drawing, 39,2 cm x 84 cm, 2022
No0518
First cityscape you`ll see arriving in St. Petersburg by train. It has a personal meaning and symbolizes the courage and mental straight that decision-making requires. Graphite drawing, 70 x 59 cm, 2021
Autotalo
1950’th Helsingis version of Lever House – Autotalo was quite an eyecatcher in the early days. With its 12 floors below and 3 underground, it proudly rose in the middle of Helsinki sparkling with neon lettering. Nowadays, sadly just one of many unnoticed buildings we got too used to. Graphite drawing, 100 x 80 cm, 2023
Building religion
Graphite drawing, 70cm x 70cm, 2023
“neighborhood”
Neighborhood series explores how people adapt architecture to their needs and comfort. Unknowingly living behind traces of everyday life, making each window different from another.
No2
Personal and unique cityscape being overtaken by faceless architecture. The artwork is a mix of dry/point etching, to show the repetitive nature of background buildings, and colored pencils used for the main building drawing to give it a sense of uniqueness. Dry/point etching and archival color pencil, 59,5 x 46,2 cm 2021
K189.1, K189.2, K189.3, K189.4
Balconies that were full of life now stand abandoned but still bear the traces of the house’s occupants. Archival colored pencil, 2023
“Cлово” (Word)
Focus of Слово – is capturing strong feelings such as loss, fear, hope, and many more throw writing. Each work characterized by one word handwritten on it as a part of composition. Artworks picture the destruction of Ukraine and Ukrainian culture brought by Russia and its ignorant citizens. During the war half of the profits will be donated to Come back alive fundraisers https://savelife.in.ua/en/ to help the Ukrainian military. After the war donations will be sent on rebuilding the country.
Children
During Russian airstrikes, civilians and children has taken shelter in the theater and wrote “Дети” in front of the building is hope that russian aircrafts won’t bomb the building knowing of children inside. The theater was destroyed be russian airstrikes on 16th of March 2022, resulting in deaths of 600 people. Intaglio, 30 x 28,5 cm, 2022
Cuckoos 1
Cuckoos 2
Motanka
Nebo
