K Sum

I am a contemporary artist working with figurative and symbolic painting, focusing on emotional presence, inner states, and the subtle architecture of human experience.

My practice emerges from a dialogue between observation and reflection. Inspiration can come from fragments of the external world — textures, light, nature, or chance visual encounters — as well as from internal processes, philosophical inquiry, and emotional impressions triggered by words, encounters, or other works of art.

Rather than illustrating narratives, I translate these impulses into visual form, creating open compositions that hold space for ambiguity and personal interpretation. I am interested in states such as safety, intimacy, rest, and inner connection — moments where a person feels contained within themselves or in relation to another.

My work often explores the tension between form and feeling, clarity and openness, structure and vulnerability. Through painting, I aim to create images that function as emotional spaces rather than fixed stories.

Selected Fine Art Studies & Masterclasses, Various Studios, Ukraine (2012–Present)

Visual Arts Summer Intensive, Lviv National Academy of Arts, Ukraine (August 2017)

MA in Finance, NaUKMA, 2008

BA in Business Economics, NaUKMA, 2006

“Awakening” / Group Exhibition - Kavaleridze Museum-Studio, Kyiv, April 2026

XVII International Art Festival MALUY UA / Group Exibition - Kyiv, Area near the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People, October 2025