Polina Chernovalova

My artistic practice explores the fragmented nature of human experience and its unstable forms. I use cultural images, myths, poetry, and music as living systems that still shape how we see the world, even when their origins are unclear or forgotten.

I combine the personal and the collective, the everyday and the symbolic, the intimate and the archetypal. These elements do not clash for me; instead, they create a space of tension where new, shifting meanings can appear. I am interested in how different cultural layers overlap and form inner scenes of memory and imagination.

I pay attention to ancient and symbolic motifs that connect myth with contemporary experience. Through them, I explore the line between imagination and reality, and between what is seen and what is felt or constructed in thought.

Rhythm, form, and color are important tools in my work. They can create contemplative states, change the perception of time, and trigger associations—similar to dreams, childhood stories, or shared cultural myths.

II mainly work with painting, drawing, and collage, exploring the relationship between image and feeling, and between form and emotional response. I would be glad to share my work and its sense of wonder and repetition, wh...

NAFFA, Ukraine(2024-2028)