Lena Shee

Atmosphere is not a background. It is the primary force within my work.

By shifting attention away from the human figure, I question the assumption that people occupy the centre of the world. The landscapes I create are not descriptions of place but spaces where atmosphere determines scale, presence, and meaning. Human traces may remain, but they never control what surrounds them.

I want the viewer to experience a world that exists independently of us—a world in which we are participants rather than the measure of everything. My work invites a reconsideration of our place within that larger reality.

Education Kharkiv Academy of Design and Arts.