Mariia Kupershmid

There is something in my paintings that does not reveal itself at first glance. Not because it is hidden, but because it needs time.I am interested not in events, but in states of being — those quiet moments where nothing appears to happen,yet a subtle shift has already begun.
I work with seemingly simple and familiar images: children, animals, gestures of care, calm, and holding.
These images are intentionally restrained, almost transparent,allowing another layer to exist beneath them — one that cannot be explained, only experienced.
My paintings do not ask to be understood immediately.
They remain open, attentive, waiting.Their meaning does not announce itself; it emerges slowly, as the viewer returns, notices, and lives alongside the image.
I believe that some things can only be recognized when we stop trying to interpret them.That a painting can hold more than it shows — and that this quiet excess is revealed only in presence, over time.I do not offer conclusions.I create spaces in which something personal can surface — something that belongs not to the image alone,but to the one who chooses to stay with it.